EFFECTS OF DEGLUTITION UPON THE SPIKE DISCHARGES OF NEURONES IN THE RESPIRATORY CENTER

Abstract

In decerebrated cats the effects of water-pouring into the pharyngeal cavityupon the discharges of a single inspiratory neurone of the normal respiratorycenters were studied. The results can be summarized as follows:Pouring the water into the pharynx always inhibits the discharges of theinspiratory neurones. When the swallowing act is elicited by water-pouring, the inhibition described above is interrupted by a burst of impulses lasting0.067-0.083seconds.