Automated Food-Procuring Movement-Related Neuronal Activity in the Basolateral Amygdala of the Rat |
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Authors: | Omel'chenko O D |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine, Pirogov Vinnitsa National Medical University, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | We studied the impulse activity of neurons of the basal and lateral amygdalar nuclei generated when experimental animals (rats) performed fast stereotyped food-procuring movements by the forelimb. Within the basolateral amygdala, there are neurons whose activity is related to different stages of getting off the food, and according to the characteristics of their spiking these neurons should be divided into a number of subpopulations. Activation forestalling the movement initiation by 0.5-1.0 sec was observed in most neurons of the basolateral amygdala; this is considered a manifestation of excitation related to a motivation component of the food-procuring behavior. Activation of amygdalar neurons following movement initiation can result from generation in this structure of additional excitation necessary for successful performance of a complete food-procuring motor cycle. |
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Keywords: | fast automated food-procuring movements basolateral part of the amygdalar complex impulse neuronal activity |
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