Effects of electrical stimulation of the nucleus tractus solitarius on self-stimulation behavior.
The electrical stimulation of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) produced profound suppression of self-stimulation (ICSS) in cats. This effect depended on the sequence and side of NTS stimulation, as well as on the stimulus parameters and locus of self-stimulation. The suppressive effect of NTS stimulation on ICSS was not abolished by ipsilateral vagotomy, thus the vagal bradycardia probably is not involved in the suppression of ICSS.
D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008326:Mammillary Bodies / Q000502:physiology; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D012653:Self Stimulation / Q000502:physiology*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000502:physiology; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology