Abstract
1. In guinea-pigs hypothalamic single units were extracellularly tested for their response to thermal stimulation of the skin and to electrical stimulation of two different pontine areas, the nucleus raphé magnus and the dorsomedial reticular formation. Furthermore, thermoregulatory control actions were measured during the stimulations.
2. Electrical stimulation of those reticular formation areas containing noradrenaline cells caused an increase of oxygen uptake, electrical muscle activity and body temperature, while stimulation of the nucleus raphé magnus, known to contain serotonin cells, brought about inhibition or had no effect.
3. The recorded units could be subdivided into three groups.
Cell type a. Neurones on the boundary of preoptic and anterior hypothalamic regions which increased their firing rate when the skin was cooled and decreased it when the nucleus raphé magnus was stimulated.
Cell type b. Neurones in the anterior hypothalamus which did not respond to brain-stem stimulation.
Cell type c. More posterior neurones which increased their firing rate when the skin was warmed or when the nucleus raphé magnus was stimulated and decreased their firing rate when the reticular formation was stimulated.
4. Cell type a seems to represent interneurones which are connected to the ascending serotonergic thermoregulatory pathway. As for cell type c, it is inferred that it could represent interneurones which control the threshold for shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis.
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