NEURONAL MECHANISM OF FEEDING.
Abstract
Statistical treatments of simultaneous recording of spontaneous unitary discharges from the ventromedial nucleus (satiety center) and the lateral area (feeding center) of the hypothalamus (also the activities in one area being recorded while the other was stimulated) revealed significant reciprocal relations, but in one center the neurons are acting somewhat in the same way. One stochastical model for the reciprocity between the two centers is presented, indicating each definite discharge pattern; one is the Gamma distribution of order 2 and the other the exponential distribution. The reciprocal relations were also confirmed from the recording of EEG in both centers under various behavioral conditions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0480170
Entities
People
- Yutaka Oomura
Organizations
- Kanazawa University