Abstract
In decerebrated cats the effects of water-pouring into the pharyngeal cavityupon the discharges of a single inspiratory neurone of the normal respiratorycenters were studied. The results can be summarized as follows:
Pouring the water into the pharynx always inhibits the discharges of theinspiratory neurones. When the swallowing act is elicited by water-pouring, the inhibition described above is interrupted by a burst of impulses lasting0.067-0.083seconds.
