The influence of activation of the superior colliculi on convulsive activity during picrotoxin kindling

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 562-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Shandra ◽  
L. S. Godlevskii ◽  
S. L. Vikhrestyuk ◽  
A. A. Oleinik





1993 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 900-903
Author(s):  
G. N. Kryzhanovskii ◽  
A. A. Shandra ◽  
L. S. Godlevskii ◽  
S. L. Vikhrestyuk


1949 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hyde ◽  
S. Beckett ◽  
E. Gellhorn
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1952 ◽  
Vol 98 (412) ◽  
pp. 454-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Ruf

THE present paper offers a brief summary of work which has been published in German journals dealing with the prolongation of induced convulsions. In the course of my experimental research the following phenomena were demonstrated:(1)Continuousconvulsionslastingup to oneand a half hours were produced by the administration of oxygen and adrenaline, preceded by the injection of phenyl-methyl-aminopropane.(2)Prolonged convulsions of 33 minutes were produced by the intravenous injection of 2 ml. of a io per cent. metrazol solution and continuous oxygen in suffiation.(3)Isolated continuous convulsive activity of the cerebellum was produced lasting 30 minutes after cessation of respiration and of all cortical electrical activity. This was achieved by continuous insuffiation of oxygen together with the injection of adrenaline and strychnine.(4)Activation of a prolonged convulsion up to 11 minutes, without further electric stimulation, was effected via the thalamus by the injection of adrenaline after administration of phenyl-methyl-aminopropane and continuous oxygen in sufflation.



1956 ◽  
Vol 186 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo A. Terzuolo ◽  
Bo E. Gernandt

Single unit activity during convulsive synchronized discharge and the relationship between unit activity and slow ‘waves’ were studied in the spinal cord of the decerebrate cat after intravenous injection of strychnine. Steel needle microelectrodes were used. Units did discharge in burst (from 1 to 5 impulses) only in coincidence with the slow oscillatory potential (tetanic ‘waves’). The firing is confined to the rising phase of this potential. Changes in d.c. state related to a convulsive activity were also studied. A relationship was found between frequency of the tetanic rhythm and d.c. state of spinal structures. The mechanisms of synchronization and rhythmicity of the convulsive activity in a population of neurons are discussed in connection with the problem of interaction between units.



1957 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Van Harreveld ◽  
Sidney Ochs

Spreading depression is accompanied by a slow potential change, a drop in cortical conductivity and by vascular changes. The latter were investigated in histological preparations of cortex frozen while a spreading depression was in progress. In the cat and rabbit a broad wave of vasodilatation was observed. In the rabbit this appeared to be preceded by a narrow region of vasoconstriction. Spreading depression can be changed into spreading convulsive activity by administering CO2 in the respiratory air (7–12%). CO2 markedly decreased the drop in cortical conductivity but affected the magnitude of the slow potential change only moderately. It is postulated that both the conductivity drop during spreading depression and a similar drop observed after asphyxiation of the brain are caused by a transport of ions from the intercellular compartment into cortical cellular elements. The relationship between the slow potential change, conductivity drop, vascular changes and the changes in the electrocorticogram during spreading depression is discussed.



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