• DOI:10.1016/0014-4886(77)90043-7
Corpus ID: 45019057

Tonic reticular activating system: Relationship to aversive brain stimulation effects

@article{Ruth1977TonicRA,
  title={Tonic reticular activating system: Relationship to aversive brain stimulation effects},
  author={R. E. Ruth and J. Rosenfeld},
  journal={Experimental Neurology},
  year={1977},
  volume={57},
  pages={41-56}
}

• R. E. Ruth, J. Rosenfeld
• Published 1977
• Medicine, Chemistry
• Experimental Neurology

Abstract Acute and chronic experiments were performed on albino rats using high-frequency electrical brain stimulation of the dorsal mesencephalon. It was found that: (i) Certain areas of rat mesencephalon generate intense, tonic electrocorticogram activation as well as tonic depression of photic, cortical evoked potential amplitudes. (ii) Often this tonic activation appears suddenly; that is, there is a threshold for activation. (iii) Invariably, if such a threshold is seen, the rat manifests… Expand