Intracranial self-stimulation in the pigeon: The effects of current intensity

Webster, D.M.

doi:10.3758/bf03335576

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“…The functional test results showed that LHy mainly induce forward movement and ipsilateral lateral movement. Pigeon LHy also supports ICSS, indicating that the LHy has the function of enhancing or reinforcing behavioral performance (Webster and Beale, 1970). LHy could complete the ICSS experiment and have the effect of maintaining or strengthening express in our study.…”

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The role of lateral hypothalamic nucleus in mediating locomotive behaviors in pigeons (Columba livia)

Tian,

Wang,

Shi

et al. 2023

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The lateral hypothalamic nucleus (LHy) is located in the dorsolateral hypothalamus of birds, and it is essential to many life processes. However, limited information is available about the role of lateral hypothalamic nucleus in mediating locomotive behaviors. Therefore, we investigated the structure and function of LHy in pigeons (Columba livia) using Nissl staining, immunohistochemical (IHC) staining methods and constant current stimulation in the current work. The results shows that LHy appears crescent in shape, and the three dimensional coordinate value range is: A: 5.0-8.0 mm, L: 0.7-1.2 mm, D: 9.5-10.3 mm. The dopaminergic neurons in the LHy were distributed in a small amount in a concentrated manner, while the glutamatergic neurons were in a large number of uniform distributions. The distribution of the two types of neurons at each coronal level showed a significant positive correlation (R 2 = 0.7516, P < 0.001). LHy mainly mediate forward movement (P < 0.01) and ipsilateral lateral movement (P < 0.001), and both of them are significantly affected by the intensity of electrical stimulation. Our results show that LHy can mediate the generation of directional behavior in birds, which provides reliable technical support for the research of animal robots.

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The role of lateral hypothalamic nucleus in mediating locomotive behaviors in pigeons (Columba livia)

Tian,

Wang,

Shi

et al. 2023

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“…They were numbered 93, 95, and 119. Stainless steel monopolar electrodes insulated with acrylic enamel except at the tip were implanted bilaterally (Webster and Beale, 1970). The electrodes were aimed at the ectostriatum following the stereotaxic procedure of Karten and Hodos (1967).…”

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PREFERENCE FOR QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT REINFORCERS¹

Hollard

Davison

1971

J Exper Analysis Behavior

126

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Three pigeons were studied under two-key concurrent variable-interval schedules with food as the reinforcer on one key and ectostriatal brain stimulation as the reinforcer oln the other. Brain-stimulation parameters were kept constant while the rate of food reinforcement availability was varied. The results showed that qualitatively different reinforcers could be handled in the same theoretical framework that applies when choice is between different rates, immediacies, and amounts of a single reinforcer.In the study of reinforcement it is now possible to state quantitative laws about the reinforcing properties of different rates (Herrnstein, 1961;1970), delays (Chung, 1965;Chung and Herrnstein, 1967), and magnitudes (Catania, 1963;Brownstein 1971) of a single type of reinforcer. Using concurrent variable-interval (VI) schedules, these workers have documented the following relations: if P1 and P2 are the numbers of responses per session to the keys associated with two schedules, and responses to the two keys are reinforced at different rates of reinforcement (r1 and r2), or with two different immediacies of reinforcement (reciprocal of delay, i1 and i2), or with two dif-

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