RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHYTHMIC DISCHARGE PATTERNS OF NEURONS IN THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE AMYGDALA, BLOOD-PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS AND CORTICAL ACTIVITY

Authors
SCHULZ G KNUEPFER M LAMBERTZ M LANGHORST P STOCK G
Citation
G. Schulz et al., RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHYTHMIC DISCHARGE PATTERNS OF NEURONS IN THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE AMYGDALA, BLOOD-PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS AND CORTICAL ACTIVITY, Journal of the autonomic nervous system, 57(3), 1996, pp. 158-162
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of the autonomic nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651838
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
158 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1838(1996)57:3<158:RBRDPO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
In the discharge sequences recorded from single neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala of chronically instrumented awake cats, rhyth mical patterns with period durations of 5-12 s were observed. At the s ame time blood pressure and the degree of synchronisation of the EEG s howed similar period fluctuations with positive correlation to neurona l activity. It is proposed that the central amygdaloid nucleus uses rh ythmic patterns to coordinate somatomotor and vegetative systems.