FOOD INTAKE AND SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF RATS WITH LESIONS IN THE AMYGDALOID NUCLEI
- 1 September 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Neurophysiology
- Vol. 15 (5) , 421-430
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1952.15.5.421
Abstract
Bilateral electrolytic lesions of the amygdaloid nuclei in rats produce the following: (1) no change in food intake; (2) a marked decrease in spontaneous activity; (3) a fall of body temp. for 1 week; (4) no development of savageness[long dash]on the other hand, the lesions had the effect of making a savage rat more tame. Cats with similarly localized electrolytic lesions did not develop any rage reactions although they were kept alive for from 6 weeks to 2 mos. The food intake remained normal in those in which the lesions did not spread into the lateral hypothalamus.Keywords
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