Mechanism of internal inhibition (role of the sympathetic nervous system in sleep phenomena)

It has been shown on cats that the role of the sympathetic nervous system in sleep phenomena is of an adaptive nature and is effected through chain neurohormonal reactions in which adrenaline possessing a two-phase action plays a major part: it induces excitation followed by sleep. Sleep is regarded...

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Published inZurnal vyss̆ej nervnoj dejatelnosti imeni I P Pavlova Vol. 26; no. 5; p. 939
Main Author Tonkikh, A V
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.09.1976
Subjects
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - physiology
Animals
Brain Mapping
Cats
Conditioning, Classical - drug effects
Consciousness - drug effects
Dogs
Electric Stimulation
Epinephrine - pharmacology
Epinephrine - physiology
Hypothalamus - physiology
Inhibition (Psychology) - physiology
Motor Activity - drug effects
Pituitary Gland, Anterior - physiology
Pituitary Gland, Anterior - secretion
Sleep - physiology
Sympathetic Nervous System - physiology
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Summary:It has been shown on cats that the role of the sympathetic nervous system in sleep phenomena is of an adaptive nature and is effected through chain neurohormonal reactions in which adrenaline possessing a two-phase action plays a major part: it induces excitation followed by sleep. Sleep is regarded as a variety of internal inhibition, elaborated as an adaptive reaction to the changing conditions of environment, which later becomes a behavioral reaction.
ISSN:0044-4677