Abstract
The action of cumulative doses of meprobamate on antidromic conditioning has been studied in spinal cats. Recurrent facilitation is greatly reduced or completely abolished by total doses ranging from 210 to 400 mg./kg. The depth of recurrent inhibition is not affected in a consistent manner by meprobamate, but the duration of inhibition is markedly increased in all experiments. This differential action of meprobamate on facilitation and inhibition can be utilized to study conditioning effects consisting of combined inhibition and facilitation. If conditioning starts with an inhibitory phase, variable in duration, followed by facilitation, meprobamate depresses the facilitation and reveals an extended inhibitory curve. Facilitation, however, is not always accompanied by inhibition, since in some cases facilitation is depressed and no inhibition is uncovered. The results of these experiments are discussed in relation to the various types of conditioning that have been produced by antidromic stimulation.
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