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Ibotenic acid lesions in the amygdaloid central nucleus but not in the lateral subthalamic area prevent the acquisition of differential Pavlovian conditioning of bradycardia in rabbits.

The present study examined the effect of ibotenic acid lesions in the amygdaloid central nucleus (ACe) or in the lateral zona incerta of the subthalamus (LZI) on the acquisition of differential Pavlovian conditioning of bradycardia in rabbits. Previous work has shown that bilateral electrolytic lesions in either ACe or LZI abolished the retention of conditioned heart rate (HR) responses. In order to determine whether these findings were due to destruction of cells intrinsic to ACe or LZI, ibotenic acid lesions were placed bilaterally in either structure or in control sites. Following recovery, animals were subjected to differential Pavlovian conditioning in which one tone (CS+) was paired with periorbital shock and a second tone (CS-) was presented alone. It was found that destruction of cell bodies in ACe, but not LZI, prevented the acquisition of the differential bradycardiac conditioned response. In addition, ACe lesions did not interfere with baseline HR, the HR orienting response, the HR unconditioned response to shock, or the concomitantly conditioned corneoretinal potential. The results of this study suggest that destruction of cells intrinsic to ACe selectively prevents the acquisition of differentially conditioned HR, and perhaps other conditioned responses related to conditioned arousal, but does not affect unlearned HR responses or specific somatomotor conditioned responses.[1]

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