We studied reflection of artificially induced and amplifi ed food motivation in impulse activity of the masticatory muscles during electrostimulation of “hunger center” of the lateral hypothalamus in the absence and presence of food. The threshold stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus in hungry and satiated animals in the absence of food induced incessant food-procuring behavior paralleled by regular generation of spike bursts in masticatory muscles with biomodal distributions of intervals between pulses. This reaction of masticatory muscles during stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus in the absence of food was an example of the anticipatory reaction reflecting characteristics of the action result acceptor. Higher level of hunger motivation during threshold stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus in hungry and satiated rabbits in the course of effective food-procuring behavior increased the incidence of spike burst generation during the food capture phase, but did not modify this parameter during the chewing phase. Impulse activity of the masticatory muscles reflected convergent interactions of food motivation and support excitation on neurons of the central generator of chewing pattern.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 152, No. 12, pp. 604–610, December, 2011
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Ignatova, J.P., Kromin, A.A. Reflection of induced and amplified food motivation in impulse activity of the masticatory muscles during electrostimulation of the “hunger center” in the lateral hypothalamus in rabbits. Bull Exp Biol Med 152, 665–671 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-012-1602-2
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