Habituation of Electrically Induced Readiness to Gnaw
- 16 July 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (3993) , 262-264
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.3993.262
Abstract
Electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus in prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) produced a readiness to gnaw which decreased over time, exhibited spontaneous recovery, and could be dishabituated by foot shock. The response decrement was in part habituatory and could modify the interaction between a stimulation-induced readiness to gnaw and a physiologically induced hunger. Functional plasticity of stimulation-induced behavior might be accounted for, in part, by habituation.Keywords
This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
- Habituation: A dual-process theory.Psychological Review, 1970
- The forebrain of the prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) in stereotaxic coordinatesCells Tissues Organs, 1970
- Hypothalamic Motivational Systems: Fixed or Plastic Neural Circuits?Science, 1968
- Modification of Motivated Behavior Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the HypothalamusScience, 1968
- Habituation: A model phenomenon for the study of neuronal substrates of behavior.Psychological Review, 1966
- Rewarding effect of performance of gnawing aroused by hypothalamic stimulation in the rat.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1965
- Motivational properties of hypothalamic aggression in cats.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1964
- Habituation of the arousal response to direct stimulation of the brainstemElectroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1961
- Drinking, Antidiuresis and Milk Ejection from Electrical Stimulation within the Hypothalamus of the GoatActa Physiologica Scandinavica, 1955
- Habituatory response decrement in the intact organism.Psychological Bulletin, 1943