[Excitatory and inhibitory processes in the spinal cord in alcoholic intoxication]

The reflex reactions of the cat spinal cord were studied in chronic alcohol intoxication The extension of the monosynaptic response latency with simultaneous decrease of its amplitude and the suppression of posttetanic potentiation as well as the breaking of inhibitory processes in spinal cord were found after i. v. injection of alcohol. The disordered functional stat of the spinal cord's segmental apparatus seems to be due to depolarizing effect of alcohol and may be one of the causes of the motor breakdown in alcohol intoxication.