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Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain.
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“the LS is associated with electrical self-stimulation in rats and humans [34,35]”
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“other studies indicating that the LS is part of the brain reward system.”
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“The rats persistently and repeatedly chose to stimulate the VTA mesolimbic DA pathway (but not other brain areas), often to the exclusion of other behaviors.”
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“Dopamine neurotransmission is strongly implicated in the reinforcement of self-administering drugs or electrical stimulation in animals.”
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“Perhaps the single most compelling piece of evidence that moved motivation theory away from negative drive theories to positive incentive theories of motivation came from 1960s studies of reward and hunger motivation caused by brain electrode stimulation – mostly at sites in the lateral hypothalamus that indirectly also activated mesolimbic dopamine systems (Olds and Milner, 1954; Valenstein et al”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Olds, J., & Milner, P.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Published
- 1954
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 419-427
- ISSN
- 0021-9940 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2025440394
- Cited by
- 3,176
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 34 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 116 · 2023: 102 · 2022: 95 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 157 · 2019: 151 · 2018: 125 · 2017: 95 · 2016: 112 · 2015: 105 · 2014: 105 · 2013: 109 · 2012: 106
- FWCI
- 13.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- positive reinforcement, electrical brain stimulation, septal area, septal nuclei, reward, rat brain, operant conditioning
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cerebral Ventricles, Electric Stimulation, Learning, Reinforcement, Psychology, Septum of Brain, Rats
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