Neuronal Correlates of Behavior in Freely Moving Rats

• Autor: Komisaruk, Barry R. ; Olds, James
• Assuntos: Action Potentials ; Animals ; Arousal ; Behavior, Animal ; Electric Stimulation ; Electrical stimulation ; Electrodes ; Exploratory Behavior ; Female ; Hippocampus - physiology ; Hypothalamus ; Hypothalamus - physiology ; Locomotion ; Mesencephalon - physiology ; Midbrain ; Neurons ; Neurons - physiology ; Preoptic area ; Rats ; Reticular formation ; Reticular Formation - physiology ; Self Stimulation ; Sleep
• É parte de: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1968-08, Vol.161 (3843), p.810-813
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• Descrição: Firing patterns of single neurons in the hypothalamus, preoptic area, midbrain reticular system, and hippocampus of awake, freely moving female rats were temporally correlated with exploratory sniffing and vibrissa twitching, feeding, lordosis, locomotion, and (or) arousal. These relationships were remarkably stable during continuous observations lasting many hours. During extended periods when certain of these movements were not performed, the correlated neurons showed no action potentials for minutes at a time. Electrical stimulation at certain recording sites elicited behavior patterns whose spontaneous occurrence was accompanied by neuronal activation. Self-stimulation was elicited from sites spontaneously activated during exploratory behavior.
  
• Editor: United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
  
• Idioma: Inglês