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Science 22 December 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3808, pp. 1592 - 1594
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3808.1592
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Olfactory Input to the Hypothalamus: Electrophysiological Evidence

John W. Scott 1 and Carl Pfaffmann 1

1 Rockefeller University, New York 10021

Electrical stimulation of the rat's olfactory bulb or lateral olfactory tract elicited unit discharges in the region of the medial forebrain bundle of the lateral hypothalamus, with latencies of 4 to 25 milliseconds. Unit responses in this area were driven by odors in preparations that were paralyzed to prevent breathing artifacts.


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