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Changes in reactivity of neurons of the visual cortex under influence of the posterolateral hypothalamus and the nuclei of the midbrain raphe

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An analysis of the influence of the posterolateral hypothalamus, which elicits positive reactions in behavioral testing, and of the midbrain raphe nuclei, on the plastic properties of the neurons of the visual cortex, was carried out in acute experimental conditions on diplacin-immobilized rabbits, based on a model of cortical trace processes. The different types of change in the reactivity of cortical cells under the influence of rhythmic sensory stimulation are described. The results of statistical analysis point to a dependence of hypothalamic and serotoninergic influences on the initial reaction of neurons to sensory stimulation. It is demonstrated that the plastic changes in the activity of cortical neurons reveal similar features under the influence both of the “positive” emotiogenic zone of the hypothalamus and of the midbrain raphe nuclei. Similar regularities are observed also in an analysis of the interaction of cortical neurons which were recorded in one microvolume identified by the method of cross-interval histograms.

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Translated from Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal SSSR imeni I. M. Sechenova, Vol. 74, No. 5, pp. 617–624, May, 1988.

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Gasanov, G.G., Mamedov, Z.G. & Samedova, N.F. Changes in reactivity of neurons of the visual cortex under influence of the posterolateral hypothalamus and the nuclei of the midbrain raphe. Neurosci Behav Physiol 19, 169–175 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01190464

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