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Generation of hiccup by electrical stimulation in medulla of cats
1Department of Physiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Neuroscience Letters
|July 4, 1994
Abstract:
The present study has revealed that a hiccup-like response (a brief powerful inspiratory activity accompanied by glottic adduction) can be generated by electrical stimulation to a limited area within the medullary reticular formation of the cat. This finding indicates that there is a neuronal network coordinating the hiccup reflex within the lower brain stem.