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Our previous studies (Mori et al., 1980a, 1982) have demonstrated brain stem areas subserving “setting” and “resetting” of the extensor muscle tone related to the reflex standing posture in acute precollicular-postmammillary decerebrate (mesencephalic) cats. Stimulation of the dorsal part of the caudal tegmental field (DTF) along the midline (Horsley-Clarke coordinates P3 to P7, H-4.5 to H-6) decreased the tone of the hindlimb muscles, with the force through the hindlimb and the tonic discharge of extensor muscles decreasing. Stimulation of the ventral part of the caudal tegmental field (VTF) along the midline area (P3 to P7, H-7.5 to H-9.5) increased the tone of the hindlimb muscles, with the force through the hindlimb and the tonic discharge of extensor muscles increasing.
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Mori, S., Sakamoto, T., Ohta, Y. (1986). Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Plastic Postural Changes in Decerebrate, Reflexively Standing Cats. In: Alkon, D.L., Woody, C.D. (eds) Neural Mechanisms of Conditioning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2115-6_9
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