Electrographic studies of the caudate nucleus in the cat.

• Main Author: Marco, Luis. A.
• Other Authors: Jasper, H. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1963
• Subjects: Neurology and Neurosurgery.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115169

Interest in the role of the Nucleus Caudatus (N.C.) on neural processes started when in 1873 Ferrier obtained strong contralateral pleurothotonos in animals upon stimulation of this structure (Ferrier, 1873 and 1876). For years research was concerned with the contribution of the N.C. to motor output. Results have suggested that the N.C. is a regulatory structure. Reports are at variance to some extent. Some claim an inhibitory action, ethers a facilitatory action and still others claim to have demonstrated both. Among the first authors to report on an inhibitory action of the N.C. on the motor system were Mettler et al. (1939).