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Specialization of neurons of the hypothalamus and of the limbic cortex in relation to behavioral acts of different “ages” has been found during food-procuring behavior in rabbits. Three groups of neurons were identified.
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Comparison of the number of neurons of the hypothalamus and of the limbic cortex referred to the different groups demonstrated that in the cortex there are relatively more neurons specialized in relation to those behavioral acts which are formed directly during the rabbit's learning in the experimental chamber.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 914–921, September–October, 1987.
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Shevchenko, D.G. Behavioral specialization of neurons of the cortex and hypothalamus of the rabbit. Neurosci Behav Physiol 18, 425–432 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193890
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