Lateral hypothalamus: Food current intensity in maintaining self-stimulation of hunger

Edgar E. Coons; J. A F Cruce

doi:10.1126/science.159.3819.1117

Lateral hypothalamus: Food current intensity in maintaining self-stimulation of hunger

Edgar E. Coons, J. A F Cruce

Psychology

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Rats displaying stimulus-bound eating will press bars for currents slightly above eating threshold only when food is near the bar. At higher currents self-stimulation is maintained without food. Such currents may spread to activate consummatory feedback appropriate to the drive elicited; or, for more intensely stimulated drive mechanisms, wider ranges of sensory feedback may be reinforcing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1117-1119
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	159
Issue number	3819
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.159.3819.1117
State	Published - 1968

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