Citation

Waldbillig RJ. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 1975; 89(3): 200-212.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1171125

Abstract

Eating, drinking, and gnawing were electrically elicited from the rat mesencephalon in the vicinity of the lateral branch of the descending medial forebrain bundle, but attack was evoked from the dorsomedial tegmentum adjacent to the central gray. The effective zones continued further caudally to the dorsal posterior pons. Unlike hypothalamically elicited behavior, eating, drinking, and gnawing often persisted 5-40 sec after termination of stimulation. Vocalization and escape activity were obtained principally from the vicinity of central pain pathways originating from the anterolateral cord. Other electrodes produced eating, drinking, gnawing, and grooming, which began only after termination of stimulation.

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