Role of autonomic nervous system in the implementation of functional asymmetric effects of anterior cingulate area on respiratory centre

A comparative analysis of the impact cingulate of right and left brain hemispheres on electric activity of the respiratory muscles of intercostal symmetrical right and left sides of the chest was conducted on the basis of the electrical activity registration of external intercostal muscles in rats with bilateral positions organization of the central nervous system. The character of changes in the electrical activity of the respiratory muscles during unilateral stimulation of the cingulate areas under sympathectomy and bilateral vagotomy were studied. We concluded that the cingulate region of the right and left hemispheres of the brain have a functionally asymmetric effects on breathing and showed the role of the autonomic nervous system in the implementation of these influences.