Abstract
High frequency electrical stimulation of the caudal part of the cat's midbrain tegmentum (Horsley Clarke coordinates P2 L4 H0), which corresponds to the cuneiform nucleus, evoked locomotion after a bilateral lesion of the centrum medianum and parafascicular nucleus. On increase of the stimulation, the locomotion latency diminished and the velocity increased: trotting or galloping occurred instead of walking. After a bilateral lesion of Waller's subthalamic locomotor area, stimulation of the cuneiform nucleus could evoke locomotion during the initial days after the surgery, when voluntary locomotion was not yet possible.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1314-1321 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal SSSR Imeni I.M. Sechenova |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| State | Published - 1973 |
| Externally published | Yes |