[Effect of ablation of the basolateral and corticomedial portions of the amygdala on the performance of food-getting conditioned reflexes in rats].

In experiments on 66 albino rats an electrolytic coagulation of the basolateral amygdala caused facilitation while that of the corticomedial amygdala caused inhibition of alimentary conditioned reflexes. The corticomedial amygdala forms a part of the excitatory and the basolateral amygdala--of the inhibitory system of the rat's brain. In intact rats the basolateral amygdala function dominates over the corticomedial amygdala activity in feeding behaviour.