A preliminary mathematical model for lateral hypothalamic regulation of electrocortical activity.
The assumption that transhypothalamic neurones exert damping effects on electrocortical oscillatory activity enables a preliminary model to be advanced, in which the action of the lateral hypothalamus upon the EEG is that of a linear filter. Predictions of the model were tested on data obtained from lateral hypothalamic lesion and stimulation studies.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological