Gaseous exchange and gastric secretion in dogs as related to various functional states of the cerebral cortex

Summary Experiments performed on dogs demonstrated that the change of the functional condition of the dog's brain cortex alters the gas exchange and the gastric secretion.The gastric secretion to bread, meat and milk increases during the first day of formation of conditioned reflex associations. After the reflexes to the same stimuli are formed, both secretion and gaseous exchange drop to a normal level. The process of internal inhibition formation causes an even greater rise of gastric secretion and gaseous exchange. In neurosis, a considerable decrease of the above autonomic functions was noted.Presented by Active Member of the AMN SSSR P. K. Anokhin