Abstract
Extracellular single unit recordings were made from neurons in the rostroventromedial medulla of decerebrated rats. The previously described 'on-cell' and 'off-cell' classes were found in this preparation, and this classification, which is based on tail flick-related changes in activity, was not altered by the introduction or removal of halothane anesthesia. It is therefore evident that the identifying physiological properties of on- and off-cells are not dependent on the presence of anesthesia in decerebrate rats, or on brain structures rostral to the inferior colliculi.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 169-174 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Brain research |
| Volume | 636 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 4 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Decerebrated
- Nociception
- Off-cell
- On-cell
- Rostroventromedial medulla
- Tail flick
- Unanesthetized
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Molecular Biology
- Clinical Neurology
- Developmental Biology