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Science 7 April 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3771, pp. 102 - 103
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3771.102
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Thalamic Reticular System and Central Grey: Self-Stimulation

R. M. Cooper 1 and L. H. Taylor 1

1 Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rats will press a bar that brings about stimulation of midline thalamic reticular, periventricular, and central grey brain regions. In the latter two regions stimulation can also cause pain or fear.

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