Pavlásek J, Kundrát J, Strauss P
Physiol Bohemoslov. 1980;29(2):125-34.
The role of the reticular formation (RF) in discriminative functions was studied in experiments on anaesthetized cats. In this association, a) the variability of responses in the RF (bipolarly recorded potential gradients - PG) to the same stimuli, and b) the responses of the RF to different (heterotopic) stimuli were recorded. The PG pattern in electrical stimulation of the same source (a nerve, skin) was constant during the time periods studied (several tens of minutes); even when the functional state of the RF was modified with strychnine, the basic characteristics of the responses usually remained intact. The pattern of PG generated by natural stimulation (tapping) was likewise reproduced with exactness at the level of statistical significance. Responses evoked from reciprocally remote receptor areas were manifestly different, at least in one of the depths investigated. The differences in stimulation of topically close areas were small. The results show that the RF, through its reactions, can differentiate heterotopic stimuli.
在对麻醉猫进行的实验中，研究了网状结构（RF）在辨别功能中的作用。在此关联中，记录了：a）RF（双极记录的电位梯度 - PG）对相同刺激的反应变异性，以及b）RF对不同（异位）刺激的反应。在研究的时间段（几十分钟）内，对同一源（神经、皮肤）进行电刺激时的PG模式是恒定的；即使RF的功能状态用士的宁改变，反应的基本特征通常仍保持完整。自然刺激（轻敲）产生的PG模式同样在统计学意义水平上被精确再现。从相互远离的感受器区域诱发的反应明显不同，至少在所研究的深度之一中是如此。局部接近区域刺激的差异很小。结果表明，RF通过其反应能够区分异位刺激。
