Relative Effects of Nutritional Deficit and Deprivation Period on Rate of Electrical Self-stimulation of Lateral Hypothalamus

IN the electrical self-stimulation procedure, food deprivation will increase the rate of lever pressing if the stimulating electrodes are located in or near the “feeding area” of the lateral hypothalamus 1 . The known functions of this region suggest at least two ways in which this effect might be b...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1968-08, Vol.219 (5154), p.627-628
Main Authors: BLUNDELL, J. E, HERBERG, L. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Electric Stimulation
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hypothalamus - physiopathology
letter
multidisciplinary
Rats
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Self Stimulation - physiopathology
Starvation - physiopathology
Time Factors
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Summary:IN the electrical self-stimulation procedure, food deprivation will increase the rate of lever pressing if the stimulating electrodes are located in or near the “feeding area” of the lateral hypothalamus 1 . The known functions of this region suggest at least two ways in which this effect might be brought about.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/219627a0