["The avoidance" of the direct current application to the sensorimotor cortex (a computer-controlled experiment in rabbits)].
In a computer controlled experiment the electric activity of rabbits right sensorimotor cortex was recorded in the area of the excitation focus produced by the direct current (2 mcA) application. The current was switched on at the 5th, 10th and 15th minutes of experiment only in cases when the mean amplitude of the delta waves exceeded the baseline. The current was switched off at the mean amplitude of the delta waves exceeding the baseline level by 50%. After training some experiments (2-4), rabbits learned to change their functional state in such way that they "avoided" the action of the direct current.
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D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D003201:Computers; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000502:physiology*; D003700:Delta Rhythm; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*