作者: L. D. Devenport , S. Balagura
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.172.3984.744
关键词: Feeding behavior 、 Internal medicine 、 Lateral hypothalamus 、 Medicine 、 Familiar environment 、 Endocrinology
摘要: In contrast to the existing views of lateral hypothalamic function, food motivated behavior appears be greatly enhanced in animals that have recovered from lesions. a familiar environment, these rats begin eating 4.8 times sooner than normal controls, 5.6 faster hyperphagic received ventromedial lesions, and 4.7 with septal The same relation holds for latencies eat novel environment rate acquisition simple food-rewarded discrimination task. concept "hunger center" is questioned.