Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences · 1959 · 73 citations · 0 references
MedicineNeurobiologyNeuroscienceCellular NeuroscienceNeuroanatomyNeurophysiologyCentral Nervous SystemNervous TissueAfferent Fiber PhysiologyAfferent Nerve FibersGanglia AnatomyNerve Fiber Architecture
The electrical activity of afferent nerve fibres passing through the stellate ganglion of the cat has been investigated.Fibres were found which came from muscle spindles of the longus colli muscle.Another group of fibres came from receptors in the lung root and the mediastinum dorsal to the phrenic nerve, and from receptors near to the trachea and oesophagus low in the neck.The fibres of this group responded to distortions of the tissues from which they came, and some of them were sensitive to changes in the volume of air in the lungs.Their importance in thoracic sensation and in the origin of visceral reflexes is discussed.