Subcortical Centers as Pacemakers of Cortical Activity. *

Abstract

In continuation of a previous investigation¹ in which the effect of anoxia and asphyxia on normal and convulsive potentials of the cortex was studied, experiments were undertaken to determine the hypothalamic-cortical relations under these conditions. All experiments were performed on curarized “Dial” cats (intocostrin, artificial respiration) in which after exposure of the brain cortical, hypothalamic, and thalamic potentials were recorded with mono- and bipolar silver electrodes.