A STUDY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES INDUCED BY STIMULATION OF THE MOTOR CORTEX IN DOGS
- 1 September 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 137 (2) , 468-472
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1942.137.2.468
Abstract
The purpose was to determine whether pressor or depressor cardiovascular effects follow motor cortex stimulation under chloralose stimulation. The results support the concept of cortical autonomic representation in the motor area. There is a depressor effect shown by a fall in blood pressure; increase in heart-rate, decreased amplitude and increased rate of respiration, and increase of renal volume. Vasodilatation of visceral organs is probably the major cause of the depressor effect.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: