Food deprivation was found to augment self-stimulation rates in forebrain and hippocampal areas. Estrogen had mixed effects, i.e., both positive and negative, in hypothalamic, as well as forebrain and hippocampal areas. Interactions between the effects of food deprivation and estrogen were also noted.
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