NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BRAIN-STIMULATION REWARD IN THE MONKEY
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BRAIN-STIMULATION REWARD IN THE MONKEY
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(80)91216-0
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
MORA, F
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作者:
ROLLS, ET;BURTON, MJ;MORA, F
Neuronal activity related to brain-stimulation reward and to feeding was analyzed in rhesus monkeys and squirrel monkeys. Self-stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus, orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala and nucleus accumbens was found. A population of single neurons in the lateral hypothalamus was trans-synaptically activated from 1 or several self-stimulation sites. Populations of neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala were activated from at least some of the self-stimulation sites. In the monkey, there is evidence for an interconnected set of self-stimulation sites, stimulation in any one of which may activate neurons in the other regions. These sites include the lateral hypothalamus, amygdala, and orbitofrontal cortex. In 1 sample of 764 neurons in the lateral hypothalamus and substantia innominata which were activated from brain-stimulation reward sites, 13.6% were also activated during feeding, by the sight and/or taste of food. The responses of the neurons with activity associated with taste occurred only while some substances (e.g., sweet substances such as glucose) were in the mouth, depended on the concentration of the substances being tasted, and were independent of mouth movements made by the monkeys. The responses of these neurons occurred to food when the monkeys were hungry, but not when they were satiated. Self-stimulation occurred in the region of these neurons in the lateral hypothalamus and substantia innominata, and was attenuated by satiety. Self-stimulation of some brain sites apparently occurs because of activation of neurons in the lateral hypothalamus and substantia innominata activated by the sight and/or taste of food in the hungry animal; these neurons are involved in responses to food reward.