Electrical self-stimulation deficits in the anterior and posterior parts of the medial forebrain bundle after ibotenic acid lesion of the middle lateral hypothalamus |
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Authors: | I Lestang B Cardo M T Roy L Velley |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Universitéde Bordeaux I, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | The aim of the present study was to analyse the involvement of the intrinsic neurons located in the middle lateral hypothalamus in electrical self-stimulation measured with electrodes in the anterior and posterior parts of the medial forebrain bundle. In rats without hypothalamic lesions, self-stimulation rates from both anterior and posterior electrodes were similar on either side of the brain. For all rats with ibotenic acid-induced lesions in the lateral hypothalamus, self-stimulation rates were lower with electrodes in the area of the lesion, while self-stimulation on the contralateral side was normal. In rats with electrodes in the anterior hypothalamus, the lesion produced a large deficit when stimulation was applied to the anterior electrode ipsilateral to the lesion. Only three rats showed a decrease in self-stimulation with stimulation of the posterior hypothalamic electrode ipsilateral to the lesion; self-stimulation of the other three rats was normal. These results suggest that self-stimulation in the anterior part of the medial forebrain bundle is supported by long fibers originating in the middle part of the lateral hypothalamus, while self-stimulation in the posterior part of the lateral hypothalamus can be influenced by another system not involved in reward processes observed in the rostral part of the medial forebrain bundle. |
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Keywords: | LH lateral hypothalamus MFB medial forebrain bundle |
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