?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Effects+of+Lateral+Hypothalamic+Lesions+on+Placentophagia+in+Virgin%2C+Primiparous%2C+and+Multiparous+Rats&rft.creator=Kristal%2C+Dr.+Mark+B.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Psychobiology&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=Lesions+of+the+lateral+hypothalamus+(LH)+were+produced+in+pregnant+and+nonpregnant+female+rats+through+chronically+implanted+electrodes+to+investigate+the+effect+of+LH+damage+on+placentophagia.+Other+variables+investigated+were+prior+parturitional+experience+and+stimulus+properties+of+the+placenta.+Lesions+were+produced+under+ether+anesthesia+24+hr.+prior+to+parturition+in+pregnant+females+and+24+hr.+prior+to+placenta+presentation+in+nonpregnant+females.%0D%0AThe+LH+lesions+produced+aphagia+to+a+liquid+diet.+Pregnancy+was+not+a+significant+variable+in+the+initiation+of+placentophagia%2C+but+prior+parturitional+experience+was+a+critical+variable.+Virgin+and+primiparous+females+did+not+exhibit+placentophagia+following+LH+damage%2C+but+multiparous+females+would+eat+placenta+whenever+the+opportunity+arose%2C+independently+of+LH+damage+and+pregnancy.&rft.publisher=American+Psychological+Association&rft.date=1973&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6253%2F1%2FLH.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kristal%2C+Dr.+Mark+B.++(1973)+Effects+of+Lateral+Hypothalamic+Lesions+on+Placentophagia+in+Virgin%2C+Primiparous%2C+and+Multiparous+Rats.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6253%2F