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Reinforcing concomitants of electrically elicited vocalizations

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In 38 squirrel monkeys 251 vocalization-producing electrode positions were tested for their positive and negative reinforcing properties. Two groups of vocalization-producing brain areas could be distinguished: One group in which the electrically elicited vocalization was independent of the accompanying reinforcement effect, and a second group in which vocalization and reinforcement effect were correlated. The first group included the anterior cingulate gyrus, the adjacent supplementary motor area, gyrus rectus, ventromedial edge of the capsula interna, caudal periaqueductal gray and adjacent parabrachial region. The second group consisted of the caudatum, septum, substantia innominata, amygdala, inferior thalamic peduncle, stria terminalis, midline thalamus, ventral and periventricular hypothalamus, substantia nigra, rostral periaqueductal gray, dorsolateral midbrain tegmentum and lateral medulla. It is hypothesized that the first group contains predominantly or exclusively “primary” vocalization subtrates; the second group is thought to be composed mainly of structures whose stimulation yields vocalization secondarily due to stimulus induced motivational changes.

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Abbreviations

a:

nucl. accumbens

aa:

area anterior amygdalae

ab:

nucl. basalis amygdalae

ac:

nucl. centralis amygdalae

al:

nucl. lateralis amygdalae

an:

nucl. anterior thalami

anl:

ansa lenticularis

aq:

substantia grisea centralis

bc:

brachium conjunctivum

ca:

nucl. caudatus

cc:

corpus callosum

cen:

nucl. centralis superior tegmenti

cent:

centrum medianum

ci:

capsula interna

cin:

cingulum

cl:

claustrum

coa:

commissura anterior

coli:

colliculus inferior

cols:

colliculus superior

csp:

tractus cortico-spinalis

db:

fasciculus diagonalis Brocae

dbc:

decussatio brachii conjunctivii

f:

fornix

gc:

gyrus cinguli

gl:

corpus geniculatum laterale

gm:

corpus geniculatum mediale

gp:

globus pallidus

gr:

gyrus rectus

gs:

gyrus subcallosus

h:

campus Foreli

ha:

nucl. habenularis

hi:

tractus habenulo-interpeduncularis

hip:

hippocampus

hya:

area hypothalamica anterior

hyl:

area hypothalamica lateralis

hyv:

nucl. ventromedialis hypothalami

in:

nucl. interpeduncularis

lap:

nucl. lateralis posterior thalami

lav:

nucl. ventralis lateralis thalami

le:

lemniscus lateralis

lem:

lemniscus medialis

lm:

fasciculus longitudinalis medialis

m:

corpus mamillare

md:

nucl. medialis dorsalis thalami

mt:

tractus mamillo-thalamicus

nst:

nucl. striae terminalis

oi:

nucl. olivaris inferior

ol:

fasciculus olfactorius Zuckerkandl

os:

nucl. olivaris superior

p:

pedunculus cerebri

pmc:

brachium pontis

po:

griseum pontis

pro:

area praeoptica

pu:

nucl. pulvinaris thalami

put:

putamen

re:

formatio reticularis

rep:

nucl. reticularis tegmenti pontis

rub:

nucl. ruber

s:

septum

sm:

stria medullaris

sn:

substantia nigra

st:

stria terminalis

sto:

tria olfactoria lateralis

subt:

subthalamus

tec:

tractus tegmentalis centralis

trz:

corpus trapezoideum

va:

nucl. ventralis anterior thalami

vpl:

nucl. ventralis postero-lateralis

vpm:

nucl. ventralis postero-medialis

zi:

zona incerta

II:

tractus opticus

IIch:

chiasma nervorum opticorum

III:

n. oculomotorius and nucl. n. oculomotorii

IV:

n. and nucl. n. trochlearis

VI:

n. abducens and nucl. n. abducentis

VII:

nucl. n. facialis

VIII:

nucl. cochlearis

IX:

n. hypoglossus

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Jürgens, U. Reinforcing concomitants of electrically elicited vocalizations. Exp Brain Res 26, 203–214 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238284

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