DISTURBANCE IN THE CENTRAL RESPIRATORY CONTROL DURING BOTULINAL INTOXICATION
Abstract
To study functional disturbances of central portions of the nervous regulation of respiration in botulin intoxication, the rhythmic and coordination activity of medullary respiratory centre was investigated in rabbits and cats. The paralyzing effect of botulin on respiration was analyzed by stimulating the ventramedial area of the brain stem by means of electric current and by eliminating the action potentials from the central and of the phrenic nerve. This toxin inhibited the coordination activity of respiratory centre and produced no significant effect on the rhythmic activity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0675857
Entities
People
- V. N. Abrosimov
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories