Ip. Levshina et Nn. Shuikin, BREATHING BEHAVIOR AS AN INDICATOR OF IND IVIDUAL FEATURES OF THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY OF A RAT, Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova, 46(1), 1996, pp. 73-77
A special type of external breathing (stressed breathing) of rats has
been described which develops spontaneously or is induced by an extern
al factor. This type of behaviour is accompanied by a catatonic <<free
zing>>. Rats with stressed breathing significantly differ from those i
n the normal state in lower open-field activity and rate of the local
volume blood flow in the hippocampus and motor cortex. The possibility
is discussed of correlation of this type of breathing with the catato
ny-like state.