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Science 4 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3749, pp. 674 - 675
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3749.674
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Inhibition of the Carotid Sinus Reflex by Stimulation of the Inferior Olive

Orville A. Smith Jr. 1 and Marc A. Nathan 1

1 Regional Primate Research Center and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle

A projection of nerve fibers from rostral brainstem areas, which produce pressor responses and tachycardia, terminates in the inferior olive. Electrical stimulation of the olive in the cat produces no cardiovascular response but inhibits the depressor cotnponent of the carotid sinusreflex.


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