Abstract
By stimulation of a region of the thalamus with its center corresponding to Horsley-Clarke coordinates A7, L2, H2, locomotion of the lightly anesthetized cat with an intact brain can be inhibited, whether evoked by stimulation of the subthalamic or of the mesencephalic “locomotor” region.
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Berdashkevich, A.P., Sirota, M.G. & Shik, M.L. Thalamic inhibition of locomotion induced by mesencephalic stimulation. Bull Exp Biol Med 82, 1121–1124 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00785532
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00785532