[Remote control of the goal-directed behavior of freely moving rats by telestimulation of the rewarding brain structures].

The procedures are described that make it possible to train laboratory rats for remote control of their goal-directed behavior in open environments by telestimulation of rewarding brain structures. Rats were implanted electrodes in the lateral hypothalamus and lateral preoptic area. A week after surgery, rats were placed in an operant chamber and given electrical stimulation of increasing/decreasing intensity to each location to determine the most suitable site/hemisphere for reward delivery as well as the optimal stimulation parameters and the thresholds of behavioral reactions elicited.