title: Brain and behaviour: morphological and functional aspects of the hypothalamus in the rat.
abstract: In a short historical overview some developments in the behavioural research of the hypothalamus of the rat are introduced. Especially the ventromedial and the lateral hypothalamus have received much attention in the past. Numerous different behavioural effects have been described as the result of some kind of activation or inactivation of parts of the hypothalamus in the rat. Questions concerning the topographical distribution and the specificity of the effects observed, are addressed in the later parts. These behavioural observations were very important for the comparison with our anatomical observations concerning the hypothalamus, including the topographical organization of some afferent and efferent relationships. Non-synaptic or paracrine communication may play an important role in the hypothalamic effects on the organization of behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Veening
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003259:Consummatory Behavior; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012018:Reflex