Effects of dorsal and ventral lateral hypothalamic lesions on voluntary alcohol consumption by rats.
Ventral lateral hypothalamic lesions, made before electrical stimulation, blocked the acquisition of a preference for alcohol by rats; but dorsal lateral hypothalamic lesions did not alter their alcohol consumption. Rats offered alcohol on alternate days, without stimulation, increased their alcohol intake but did not develop a stable preference for alcohol.
D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005518:Food Preferences; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats