Rewarding and aversive brain stimulation opposite effects on medial thalamic units
Physiology & BehaviorPublished 1 February 1973
James J. Keene, Kenneth L. Casey
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Most of the neurons recorded from rat medial thalamus are inhibited by medial forebrain bundle and excited by reticular stimuli delivered at frequencies of 20–60 Hz, which may play a role in integrating reward and pain mechanisms.
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Most of the neurons recorded from rat medial thalamus are inhibited by medial forebrain bundle and excited by reticular stimuli delivered at frequencies of 20-60 Hz. These opposite neural responses in single units parallel the opposite behavioral and motivational properties of the brain stimuli and may play a role in integrating reward and pain mechanisms.
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