Effects of the availability of rewarding septal and hypothalamic stimulation on bar pressing for food under conditions of deprivation

Aryeh Routtenberg; Janet Lindy

doi:10.1037/h0022365

Effects of the availability of rewarding septal and hypothalamic stimulation on bar pressing for food under conditions of deprivation

Aryeh Routtenberg^*, Janet Lindy

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Abstract

10 rats with electrodes aimed at medial forebrain bundle-posterior hypothalamus (MFB), and 4 rats with electrodes aimed at septal area were trained to press for food for 1 hr/day. Food was available only during this session. After stable weight levels were demonstrated, rewarding brain stimulation was made available during the 1-hr feeding session. All septal Ss and 4 hypothalamic Ss maintained their weight on this regimen. The other 6 hypothalamic Ss essentially ignored food, spending most of the session self-stimulating, and "self-starved." Self-starving Ss had their electrodes extensively in MFB while surviving hypothalamic Ss had their electrodes in more lateral areas. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	158-161
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume	60
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022365
State	Published - Oct 1965

Keywords

BAR PRESSING FOR FOOD
BAR PRESSING FOR FOOD, IN RAT
RAT/REINFORCEMENT IN, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION &
REINFORCEMENT, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION &
SELF-STIMULATION, ELECTRICAL, &

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