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SWITCH‐OFF BEHAVIOR AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE PONS IN CATS
Author(s) -
AOKI Isao,
NAKAO Hiroyuki
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1967.tb01293.x
Subject(s) - pons , stimulation , neuroscience , midbrain , thalamus , cats , hippocampus , psychology , electrical brain stimulation , hypothalamus , reinforcement , medicine , central nervous system , social psychology
Electrical stimulation of certain areas in the brain stem and limbic system induces an averting drive in animals. These areas lie in the midbrain 2,6,7,8) , hypothalamus 1,5,9,10) , thalamus 8,11) , and hippocampus 3) . Yet the pons has not been studied from a motivational standpoint. The aim of the present experiments is to investigate whether electrical stimulation of the pons induces reinforcement of the switch‐off behavior 5,6) , an escape learning, in cats.