Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Publication Title

Behavioral Neuroscience

First Page

1257

Last Page

1267

DOI

http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0735-7044.120.6.1257

Abstract

The effects of permanent forebrain lesions on conditioned taste aversions (CTAs) and conditioned odor aversions (COAs) were examined in 3 experiments. In Experiment 1, lesions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis had no influence on CTA or COA acquisition. Although lesions of the lateral hypothalamus induced severe hypodipsia in Experiment 2, they did not prevent the acquisition of CTAs or COAs. Finally, in Experiment 3, lesions of the insular cortex retarded CTA acquisition but had no influence on COA acquisition. The implications of these findings are discussed with regard to the forebrain influence on parabrachial nucleus function during CTA acquisition.

Rights

Copyright © 2006 American Psychological Association. This is a post-print version of an article originally published in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2006, Volume 120, 1257-1267. "This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record."

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