TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of amygdala lesions on conditioned stimulus-potentiated eating in rats
AU - Holland, Peter C.
AU - Petrovich, Gorica D.
AU - Gallagher, Michela
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIH grants MH 53667 and MH 60179. We thank Cynthia Kenmuir and Helena Winfield for their assistance.
PY - 2002/5/1
Y1 - 2002/5/1
N2 - Both control rats and rats with neurotoxic lesions of the amygdala central nucleus ate more food during presentations of a conditioned stimulus (CS) previously paired with food than during an unpaired CS. This potentiation occurred regardless of whether the food was presented in its usual place or in a different location. By contrast, rats with neurotoxic lesions of basolateral amygdala showed no evidence for conditioned potentiation of eating. These results are considered in the context of anatomical projections from these amygdalar areas to other brain regions involved in feeding, and the role of amygdala subregions in the acquisition of motivational value in conditioning.
AB - Both control rats and rats with neurotoxic lesions of the amygdala central nucleus ate more food during presentations of a conditioned stimulus (CS) previously paired with food than during an unpaired CS. This potentiation occurred regardless of whether the food was presented in its usual place or in a different location. By contrast, rats with neurotoxic lesions of basolateral amygdala showed no evidence for conditioned potentiation of eating. These results are considered in the context of anatomical projections from these amygdalar areas to other brain regions involved in feeding, and the role of amygdala subregions in the acquisition of motivational value in conditioning.
KW - Amygdala central nucleus
KW - Appetitive conditioning
KW - Basolateral amygdala
KW - CS-potentiated feeding
KW - Incentive motivation
KW - Satiation
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00688-1
DO - 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00688-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 12175595
AN - SCOPUS:0036558075
SN - 0031-9384
VL - 76
SP - 117
EP - 129
JO - Physiology and Behavior
JF - Physiology and Behavior
IS - 1
ER -