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In 17 dogs blood pressure in the carotid artery, heart rate, pneumogram and actogram of the hind leg were recorded during rest and during locomotion on a treadmill. The increases in cardiorespiratory dynamics which occurred during locomotion were then conditioned. The conditional stimulus was represented by the noise and vibration of the treadmill. It was determined that conditional changes in cardiorespiratory dynamics can be formed quickly on the basis of locomotion. Qualitatively the changes were the same as the unconditional changes, and their magnitude was 60 to 70 per cent that of the unconditional changes. Conditional increase in cardiorespiratory dynamics was most intensive in the first 30 seconds from the onset of the conditional stimulus. In acute extinction of these conditional changes, movements of the extremities were inhibited first, followed by inhibition of increased blood pressure, then inhibition of increased heart rate, and last, inhibition of increased respiratory rate.
In another series of experiments on five dogs cardiorespiratory responses were conditioned to a sudden change from moderate locomotion (50 m per min) to rapid locomotion (200 m per min). Increased cardiorespiratory dynamics could be conditioned easily. Increased circulation of blood and increased respiratory rate on exposure to conditional stimuli signalling muscular exertion can be considered an important preparation of the organism for actual muscular activity. This preparation also takes place in natural life conditions.
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Antal, J. Conditioning the cardiorespiratory dynamics of locomotion in dogs. Conditional Reflex 3, 4–17 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001131
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