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Science 7 August 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3945, pp. 597 - 598
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3945.597
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Thermosensitivity of Neurons in the Sensorimotor Cortex of the Cat

Jeffery L. Barker 1 and David O. Carpenter 1

1 Electroencephalography Branch, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, and Laboratory of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Extracellular action potentials were recorded from 80 neurons in the sensorimotor cortex of the cat as brain temperature was varied by 4° to 8°C. The discharge rate of 37 percent of the neurons studied increased with increasing brain temperature. The discharge rate varied inversely with temperature in 11 percent of the neurons.


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