J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 57(3): 368-376, 1956

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ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC STUDY OF MOTOR-MECHANISM OF THE BRAIN DURING INDUCED CONVULSION
PART 2. ON THE BRAIN STEM RETICULAR FORMATION AND CLONIC CONVULSION

A partial convulsion in dog's motor-cortex is induced by means of electric stimulation. Keeping the partial convulsion as an objective point, an examination was made to observe the effect of an electric stimulation on the partial convulsion, by applying the electric stimulation of 2-10 volt, 1 msec duration, square wave.
It was found out that the parts that facilitated partial convulsion were Nucl. thalami med., Hypothalamus (Nucl. paraventriculais) midbrain reticular formation, Nucl. ruber, and that the parts which did not facilitate were Corpus callosum, Nucl. caudatus, Nucl. thalami lat., Nucl. thalami ant., Colliculus sup., Colliculus inf., and central grey.
Considering these facts, a more serious thought should be given to the part the brain-stem reticular formation performs in relation to the clonic convulsion.
(author's abstract)

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