?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Nonparturitional+exposure+to+donor+placenta+and+placentophagia+after+lateral+hypothalamic+lesions+in+rats&rft.creator=Noonan%2C+Dr.+Michael&rft.creator=Kristal%2C+Dr.+Mark+B.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.subject=Psychophysiology&rft.description=Previous+research+has+shown+that+parturitionally+experienced+rats+with+lateral+hypothalamic+(LH)+lesions+that+rendered+them+otherwise+aphagic%2C+still+ate+placenta+when+it+was+delivered+(pregnant+subjects)+or+presented+(nonpregnant+subjects).+Subsequent+studies+have+shown+that+some+virgin+rats+are+spontaneously+attracted+to+donor+placenta%2C+whereas+the+others+clearly+avoid+it.+The+present+study+was+designed+to+demonstrate+that+the+sparing+of+placentophagia+after+LH+lesions+observed+in+the+earlier+study+was+not+due+merely+to+the+previous+ingestion+of+placenta%2C+per+se%2C+or+to+inadvertent+selection+for+spontaneous+placentophages.+Virgin+placentophages+were+allowed+to+consume+donor+placenta%3B+some+were+then+bred.+Prior+to+parturition+or+after+an+equivalent+time+interval%2C+LH+lesions+were+produced+through+indwelling+electrodes.+The+next+day%2C+not+only+were+the+animals+with+properly+placed+lesions+aphagic+to+a+cookie%2Fmilk+mash%2Cbut+none+ate+delivered+or+presented+placenta.&rft.publisher=The+Psychonomic+Society&rft.date=1978&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8987%2F1%2FLH.pdf&rft.identifier=++Noonan%2C+Dr.+Michael+and+Kristal%2C+Dr.+Mark+B.++(1978)+Nonparturitional+exposure+to+donor+placenta+and+placentophagia+after+lateral+hypothalamic+lesions+in+rats.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8987%2F