[The effect of damage to the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei in rats on the dynamic short-period fluctuations of their normal and abnormal behaviors]
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[The effect of damage to the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei in rats on the dynamic short-period fluctuations of their normal and abnormal behaviors]
Abstract
Electrolytic lesion of the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) increased the swimming activity, shortens the immobility time and decreases the depression rhythmic index in rats. These changes seem to be due to a disorganizing of functional interrelationships among the SCN, pineal gland and striatum.