[Resistance of cortical and hypothalamic neurons to recurrent asphyxia].

Asphyxia produced by discontinuing of artificial respiration for 3-5 min in curarized cats, was well tolerated by some neurons of the cerebral and hypothalamus cortex even when repeated a few times with the interval between asphyxias from 40 to 60 min. In most cases neurons even increased their resistance against subsequent effect of acute oxygen insufficiency preserving for a longer time the spontaneous impulse activity during the second and the third asphyxia.