Dovgan O. Functional Activity of Neurons of the Hypothalamus and Amygdala during Realization of Food-Getting Movements in Rats

Object – the level of neuronal activity in nuclei of the hypothalamus and amygdaloid complex in rats in conditions of food deprivation and after realization the food-obtaining stereotyped movements relative to such activity in intact animals; purpose – to establish the character of the functional activation of neural systems in the nuclei of the hypothalamus and the amygdaloid complex in rats associated with the realization of operant food-obtaining behavioral activity and the possible involvement of NO-producing neurons to control this behavior; methods – histological, immunnohistochemical, histochemical, mathematical statistics; the results – established patterns of functional activation of neural systems in nuclei of the hypothalamus and amygdaloid complex associated with the implementation of food-obtaining behavioral activity and involvement of NO-producing neurons to control this behavior; branch – medicine.