Manetto C, Lidsky T I
Neurosci Lett. 1987 Apr 10;75(3):278-82. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(87)90534-9.
Units were recorded extracellularly in the medullary reticular formation of chloralose-anesthetized cats during electrical stimulation of the basal ganglia (BG). Stimulating portions of the BG (caudate nucleus, entopeduncular nucleus, substantia nigra) evoked unit responses in a considerable proportion of these neurons. The majority of reticular cells that were affected by the BG were also receptive to somatic sensory inputs from the face. These units' sensory properties were influenced by BG stimulation. Cells exclusively responsive to either BG or facial inputs were uncommon. The areas of the reticular formation affected by the BG give rise to portions of the reticulospinal tracts and thereby afford the BG access to the final common path.
在对氯醛糖麻醉的猫的基底神经节（BG）进行电刺激期间，在延髓网状结构中进行细胞外单位记录。刺激BG的部分区域（尾状核、内苍白球核、黑质）在相当一部分这些神经元中诱发单位反应。受BG影响的大多数网状细胞也对面部的躯体感觉输入有反应。这些单位的感觉特性受BG刺激的影响。仅对BG或面部输入有反应的细胞并不常见。受BG影响的网状结构区域产生部分网状脊髓束，从而使BG能够接入最后的共同通路。
