Abstract
The relationships among the spontaneous activity of single neurons in the cat medulla and inferior cardiac sympathetic nerve discharge (SND), electroencephalogram (EEG) activity, phrenic nerve activity, and the R wave of the electrocardiogram were studied with the methods of spike-triggered averaging and postevent interval analysis. Three categories of neurons (SR, SE, and S) with activity patterns related to SND wee identified. The activity of SR units was related in time to SND and the R wave but not to EEG activity. SE unit discharges were related to SND and EEG activity but not to the R wave. S unit activity was related only to SND. Each of the three categories of neurons could be subdivided into two groups depending on whether their discharges were followed by an increase or a decrease in SND. All unit types exhibited respiratory-related discharge patterns. These data are discussed with regard to the problems associated with the identification of neurons in brain stem networks that govern the discharges of sympathetic nerves.
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