Plasma Corticosteroids: Changes in Concentration after Stimulation of Hippocampus and Amygdala
- 22 March 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 139 (3560), 1212
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.139.3560.1212
Abstract
Plasma 17-OH corticosteroid levels were determined before stimulation and at various intervals after stimulation in these limbic sites in patients in whom implanted electrodes had been placed during evaluation for surgical treatment of psychomotor epilepsy. Stimulation of the amygdala was followed by an elevation of plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroids. Hippocampal stimulation resulted in a decreased corticosteroid level, followed in two instances by a secondary elevation.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: