Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain.

Principles of Behavior

B. F. Skinner, Clark L. Hull · The American Journal of Psychology · 1944 · 4.1K citations

Subcortical mechanisms in emotional behavior: affective changes following septal forebrain lesions in the albino rat.

Joseph V. Brady, Walle J. H. Nauta · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1953 · 593 citations

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Increase of Food Intake Induced by Electrical Stimulation of the Lateral Hypothalamus

José M. R. Delgado, Bal K. Anand · American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content · 1952 · 320 citations

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Electrical and chemical stimulation of frontotemporal portion of limbic system in the waking animal

Paul D. MacLean, JoséM.R. Delgado · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology · 1953 · 262 citations

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Effects of thalamic stimulation in unanaesthetised animals

John Hunter, Herbert H. Jasper · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology · 1949 · 189 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14