A series of experiments was performed to analyze the linked activity of neurons recorded simultaneously in the sensorimotor and visual areas of the cortex in rabbits with a defensive dominant in the CNS. The dominant focus was formed in the CNS using threshold electrical stimulation of the left paw at a frequency of 0.5 Hz. The analysis showed that trained animals responded to the tone by twitching the paw only when functional connections formed closed circuits, with a variety of different configurations, providing for circulation of rhythmic information, in the intervals between tests. In addition, these studies showed that this information was retained for weeks.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel’nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 312–321, May–June, 2017.
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Galashina, A.G., Bogdanov, A.V. & Sakharov, D.S. Analysis of Sensory Information by Neurons in the Sensorimotor and Visual Cortex in Rabbits with a Rhythmic Protective Dominant. Neurosci Behav Physi 48, 999–1005 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-018-0661-x
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