[The functional asymmetry of the rabbit lateral hypothalamus during food motivation].

Thresholds and stability of food motivational reactions induced by electrostimulation of the left and right hypothalamus were studied in rabbits. Food reactions evoked by stimulation of the left hypothalamus had the lower thresholds and higher stability than those evoked by the stimulation of symmetrical areas. The asymmetry of the lateral hypothalamus in food reactions was not correlated with motor and sensory asymmetric.