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A new method for recording H-reflexes from the plantar muscles of dogs
Authors:R Malik  S Ho
Institution:Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Neurobiology Research Centre;*The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Abstract:H-reflexes were recorded consistently from the plantar muscles of pentobarbitone-anaesthetised dogs following supramaximal stimulation of the caudal cutaneous sural nerve (CCSN). As the amplitude, shape and latency of successive H-reflex potentials fluctuated from trial to trial, 16 consecutive sweeps were averaged to quantify the response. The averaged H-reflex had an amplitude of 1–6 ± 0–9 mV (mean ± SD] and a latency of 20 ± 2 ms. The CCSN-evoked H-reflex was recorded together with the CCSN-evoked compound muscle action potential (SurCMAP), which had a shorter latency (6 ± 1 ms) but comparable size (1–9 ± 1–3 mV). H-reflex afferents in the CCSN had overlapping but slightly higher electrical thresholds than plantar motoneurone axons. A ‘pure’ H-reflex could be obtained by injecting local anaesthetic below the site of nerve stimulation. Halothane/nitrous oxide anaesthesia substantially reduced the amplitude of H-reflex potentials in a reversible fashion.
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