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IN a recent paper from this Department1 the vascular effects produced by stimulation of sympathetic vasomotor fibres at different frequencies were studied and the ‘normal’ discharge-range of these fibres during ‘resting’ conditions and reflex activation of the vasomotor centre was estimated. The conclusion was that normally these fibres fire at very low frequencies (1–2 impulses per second), only exceptionally exceeding 6–8 impulses per second even at strong reflex activation.
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Folkow, B., Acta Physiol. Scand., 25, 49 (1952).
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CELANDER, O. Quantitative Aspects of the Function of the Sympathico-Adrenal System. Nature 172, 812–813 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172812b0
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