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In lizards, information from the various senses is relayed to the hypothala
mus via the cortico-septo-hypothalamic pathway. It appears that the anatomi
cal organization of the incoming fibres in the medial cortex differs consid
erably between the various lizard species. In the present account it is sho
wn that it is the location of the termination of the incoming fibres in the
medial cortex that determines what kind of sensory information will reach
the hypothalamic centres that are responsible for sexual and feeding behavi
our.