We investigated the receptive fields of principal cells from the cat's lateral geniculate nucleus cells. About 20% of the X type neurones showed clear nonlinearities of summation when stimulated by two simultaneously onset, small bars of light. The possible source of this nonlinearity was studied on a specially designed model of a one-layer neuronal network with inhibitory, recurrent interactio...

24 To investigate the characteristics of eye movements produced by electrical stimulation of 25 semicircular canal afferents, we studied the spatial and temporal features of eye movements 26 elicited by short-term lateral canal stimulation in two squirrel monkeys with plugged lateral 27 canals, with the head upright or statically tilted in the roll plane. The electrically-induced 28 vestibulo-o...

Direct electrical stimulation of the human brain can elicit sensory and motor perceptions as well as recall of memories. Stimulating higher order association areas of the lateral temporal cortex in particular was reported to activate visual and auditory memory representations of past experiences (Penfield and Perot, 1963). We hypothesized that this effect could be used to modulate memory proces...

To investigate the characteristics of eye movements produced by electrical stimulation of semicircular canal afferents, we studied the spatial and temporal features of eye movements elicited by short-term lateral canal stimulation in two squirrel monkeys with plugged lateral canals, with the head upright or statically tilted in the roll plane. The electrically induced vestibuloocular reflex (eV...

The functional effects of selective hypoglossal nerve (HG) stimulation with a multi-contact peripheral nerve electrode were assessed using images of the upper airways and the tongue in anesthetized beagles. A biphasic pulse train of 50 Hz frequency and 2 s duration was applied through each one of the tripolar contact sets of the nerve electrode while the pharyngeal images were acquired into a c...

Disturbed fat tissue metabolism with a reduction of the lipolytic rate could be an important pathogenetic factor in obesity. Lipolysis of the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh is partly under neural control and can be increased by intraneural stimulation of the lateral cutaneous femoral nerve in lean women. In the present study, we tested whether the lipolytic response to intraneural stimulation...

Because primate studies provide data for the current experimental models of the human oculomotor system, we investigated the relationship of lateral rectus muscle motoneuron firing to muscle unit contractile characteristics in the squirrel monkey. Also examined was the correlation of whole-muscle contractile force with the degree of evoked eye displacement. A force transducer was used to record...

Prevention of postoperative neurological deficits is a major concern of spinal surgeons and has led to the introduction and current development of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. We have used motor evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials as routine monitoring techniques and, in some cases, added optional methods such as direct stimulation of nerve roots and spinal ev...

Synaptic basis of the rhythmical activity induced by repetitive stimulation of the masticatory area of the cerebral cortex was studied by intracellular recording from hypoglossal motoneurons in cats, with the following results: (1) Repetitive cortical stimulation induced rhythmical tongue movements coordinated with rhythmical jaw movements. After the animal was paralyzed, the cortical stimulati...

Auditory stimulation with monaural or binaural auditory beats (i.e. sine waves with nearby frequencies presented either to both ears or to each ear separately) represents a non-invasive approach to influence electrical brain activity. It is still unclear exactly which brain sites are affected by beat stimulation. In particular, an impact of beat stimulation on mediotemporal brain areas could po...