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IN the electrical self-stimulation procedure, food deprivation will increase the rate of lever pressing if the stimulating electrodes are located in or near the “feeding area” of the lateral hypothalamus1. The known functions of this region suggest at least two ways in which this effect might be brought about.
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BLUNDELL, J., HERBERG, L. Relative Effects of Nutritional Deficit and Deprivation Period on Rate of Electrical Self-stimulation of Lateral Hypothalamus. Nature 219, 627–628 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219627a0
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