[Multineuronal activity of the basolateral portion of the amygdala in rabbits under conditions of NaCl microinjections into the lateral preoptic field and water deprivation].

A study of the multineuronal activity of the rabbit basolateral amygdala has shown that both a microinjection of NaCl solution into the lateral preoptic field and water deprivation result in the appearance of high-amplitude spikes in the pattern of recorded activity. After microinjection these spikes proceeded with a high frequency. Consumption of water blocked this activity not immediately, but only in a day to three days under conditions of the animal's unrestrained access to water and food. The data obtained point to the arrival of information on drinking to the amygdala; they also imply the formation of certain relationships between LPF and the amygdala.