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Discrete bilateral electrolytic lesions destroying the subthalamic area in the rat produced profound losses in retention of a brightness and a pattern discrimination habit. Lesions damaging the anterolateral portions of the thalamus had significantly smaller effects on retention. These results were interpreted as pointing to the priority of a subthalamic route over a thalamic route in the functional activation of the neocortex by the brainstem reticular formation.
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This research was supported in part by a grant from the Graduate Council of Research, Louisiana State University.
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Thompson, R., Pucheu, J.H. Disconnecting reticulocortical pathways: Amnestic effects on visual habits in the rat. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 165–166 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329235
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