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A study of the effects of lesions of the ventromedial hypothalamus in the mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus.

Mongolian Gerbils with lesions in the ventromedial hypothalamus show two major similarities with rats lesioned in the same area: an unusually long meal soon after surgery (acute dynamic period), and changes in day-night feeding patterns (chronic dynamic period). They do not share the hypoactive and ragic behavior of the ventromedial hypothalamically-lesioned rat. Tests and observations showed little or no difference between the general demeanor of lesioned and normal animals.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:theses-2810
Date01 January 1973
CreatorsKoenig, Allen Benfield
PublisherScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
Source SetsUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceMasters Theses 1911 - February 2014

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