Effects of rewarding and aversive brain stimulation on photic cortical evoked potentials

J. Peter Rosenfeld*, Thomas Bieneman, Ron Cohen, Aryeh Routtenberg

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Abstract

Brain stimulation classified behaviorally as rewarding or aversive was observed to have different effects on photic cortical evoked potentials in rats. Following a rewarding brain stimulation the early cortical response is attenuated and remains so for at least 25-30 sec; its recovery function is flat to 25-30 sec. Following an aversive stimulation, the response is severely attenuated for 5-6 sec but then recovers and overshoots control levels 15 sec following brain stimulation and thereafter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)527-532
Number of pages6
JournalPhysiology and Behavior
Volume9
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1972

Funding

The computer program controlling all events was also an ~Supported in part by NIH GRANT 5-SO-5RR07028 to Northwestern University (J. P. Rosenfeld) and NIH GRANT MH 17255 to Aryeh Routtenberg. Appreciation for programming assistance is expressed to Robert Owen. Histological work was contributed by Russell Ruth.

Keywords

  • Brain stimulation
  • Evoked potentials
  • Photic cortical evoked potentials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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