Nucleus accumbens lesion does not affect schedule induced polydipsia.

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1996-07-01
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Rats with lesion of nucleus accumbens were hypodipsic under free-feeding conditions. In schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP) tests conducted by reducing the rats to 70% of free-feeding body weight and delivering 60 mg bengal gram pellets on a fixed time 1-min schedule, nucleus accumbens lesions did not delay the acquisition or show a decrease in the maintenance of S.I.P.
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Balraj KH, Barathi B, Thombre DP. Nucleus accumbens lesion does not affect schedule induced polydipsia. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 1996 Jul; 40(3): 262-4