Hyperthermia following self-stimulation of the median raphe in the rat.
Electrical self-stimulation (SS) in the median raphé of the rat but not in the locus coeruleus resulted in a dramatic rise of body temperature. This hyperthermia was facilitated by pretreatment with a inhibitor of serotonin uptake. The functional significance of the hyperthermia elicited by stimulation of the media raphé was discussed on the basis of the relationship between SS and primary reinforcers.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology; D011437:Propylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D012653:Self Stimulation; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013997:Time Factors
D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D011437:Propylamines