[The influence of the posterior hypothalamus on the visual cortex in different states of the reticular formation].

In alert rabbits, stimulation of posterior hypothalamus induced short-latency responses in the visual cortex and affected the formation of the EPs to light. Depending on the intervals between the stimuli, either initial extinction of the EPs (1-15 msec) or subsequent selective facilitation of its positive component with simultaneous depression of negative (20-100 msec) one, or complete recovery of the response (200-300 msec), were observed. Aminazine and benactizine made the effect of the posterior hypothalamic stimulation on visual EPs to light less obvious and changed its dynamics.