Bm. King et al., EFFECT ON FOOD-INTAKE AND BODY-WEIGHT OF LESIONS IN AND ADJACENT TO THE POSTERODORSAL AMYGDALA IN RATS, Physiology & behavior, 55(5), 1994, pp. 963-966
Bilateral lesions centered in the posterodorsal amygdala of female rat
s resulted in hyperphagia and excessive weight gain. The brain damage
extended posteriorly through the amygdalohippocampal area and into the
ventral hippocampus and subiculum. Lesions centered in the ventral hi
ppocampal formation had a less pronounced, although still significant,
effect on body weight. Damage to large areas of the amygdala, includi
ng the anterior, basolateral, and corticomedial groups of nuclei, was
without effect. A serial reconstruction of overlapping areas of destru
ction for both effective and ineffective lesions is presented.