[Monosynaptic reflexes of the cat spinal cord during the development of insulin hypoglycemia]

Insulin-induced hypoglycemia caused depression of rhythmic monosynaptic EPSP motoneurons of the lumbar cord in acute experiments on narcotized and spinal cats. It was demonstrated that growing depression of monosynaptic transmission was associated with the exhaustion of mediator operative fraction and not with any pre- or postsynaptic delay or inhibition over a period of initial hypoglycemia when the sugar content in the blood fell to the level of 50--60 mg%. The function disturbance of postsynaptic formations of monosynaptic reflex arc of spinal cord occured in more advanced hypoglycemia.