STUDY OF INHIBITORY EFFECT OF AMYGDALOID STIMULATION ON AUDITORY RESPONSE OF MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY(MGB) AND ANALYSIS OF TRANSMISSIVE PATHWAY OF THE SAID EFFECT

Experiments performed on 103 rabbits immobilized with Flaxedil, and the recording of the electrical discharges of single MGB neuron caused by clicks, burst or sustained tone showed marked inhibition of the reaction of 47 out of 75 (62.7%) MGB units responding to sound stimuli, when the amygdaloid complex was stimulated. The latent period of such an inhibitory effect was 5-12 msec and its duration about 2-13 msec. Evoked responses with the latency of 1-2 msec for the stimulation of medial, central and lateral nuclei of amygdala could be recorded from the temporal and parietal cortex. The largest response was recorded from Woolsey's AI area of the temporal cortex. Stimulation of the Woolsey's AI auditory area could also result in a distinct inhibition of the spontaneous as well as the evoked discharges of MGB neurons in response to sound stimulation. Moreover, application of 1% procaine to the surface of auditory cortex could block the inhibitory effect of the amygdala on the MGB neurons. Based on the fac     

刺激杏仁复合体对内膝体单位听反应的抑制性影响及其途径的分析

实验使用113只家兔。静脉注射三碘季胺酚,麻痹动物。记录内膝体单个神经元对于短声、短串声及短纯音的反应。当刺激杏仁复合体不同部位时,75个对短声有反应的内膝体神经元中有47个单位的反应受到了完全抑制(占62.7％)。这种抑制性影响的潜伏期为5—15毫秒,时程约为2—13毫秒。刺激杏仁核群的内侧核、中央核、外侧核时,在大脑的颞区及顶区皮层可以记录到潜伏期为1—2毫秒的诱发电位。最大振幅的诱发电位出现在Woolsey氏AI区。刺激Woolsey AI区同样能够抑制内膝体神经元对于声刺激的反应活动。此外,以1％普鲁卡因局部施加在听区皮层可以阻断刺激杏仁核群对于内膝体神经元放电的抑制性影响。基于以上事实,作者认为杏仁复合体对于内膝体单位活动的抑制影响可能是通过杏仁复合体——听区皮层——内膝体环路。本文并对这种抑制性影响的生物学意义进行了讨论。