Abstract:Tournade, Hermann, Malmejac and Jourdan1) studied the descending spinal pathway of secretory fibers to the adrenal medulla. In their ex periments the method of suprareno jugular anastomosis was employed and the hemisection of the spinal cord was made at the level of Th2. The faradization of the spinal cord above the site of hemisection resulted in an increase in the adrenaline secretion from the ipsilateral as well as from the contralateral adrenal gland. From these results it was concluded by them that the ad… Show more
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