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A study of single sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the lateral horns of the lumbar spinal cord

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Antidromic discharges and spontaneous activity of single sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the lateral horns of the second lumbar segment of the spinal cord were recorded extracellularly in cats anesthetized with a mixture of chloralose and pentobarbital. A new technique used to identify antidromic discharges of sympathetic preganglionic neurons is described and the characteristics of discharges and sites where they were recorded are investigated. Changes in the frequency of spontaneous discharges of most neurons were shown to be connected with different types of fluctuation of the arterial pressure. Absence of functional specialization of the sympathetic preganglionic neurons is postulated.

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  1. V. P. Lebedev
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I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol.6, No.3, pp.295–303, May–June, 1974.

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Lebedev, V.P., Skobelev, V.A. & Bushmarina, T.A. A study of single sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the lateral horns of the lumbar spinal cord. Neurophysiology 6, 233–240 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01062422

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