Vagotomy: Effect on Electrically Elicited Eating and Self-Stimulation in the Lateral Hypothalamus

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 184; no. 4135; pp. 484 - 485
• Main Author: Ball, Gordon G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 26.04.1974
• Subjects: Animals; Appetite Regulation; Blood plasma; Eating; Electric Stimulation; Electrodes; Esophagus; Feedback; Hypothalamus; Hypothalamus - physiology; Male; Mental stimulation; Nerves; Rats; Self Stimulation; Stomach; Stomach - innervation; Vagotomy; Vagus nerve; Vagus Nerve - physiology

A subdiaphragmatic vagotomy markedly inhibits eating and self-stimulation produced in rats by lateral hypothalamic stimulation. The stomach is known to be affected by hypothalamic stimulation via the vagus, and afferents from the stomach can influence the hypothalamus via the same nerve. Consequentl...