“…A participation of glial cells has been repeatedly suggested because of the ability of these cells to spatially buffer extracellular K ϩ released during periods of increased neuronal firing~Lux, Heinemann, & Dietzel, 1986!. Also, glial cells can directly respond to different neurotransmitters and neuropeptides with an increase in intracellular Ca 2ϩ concentration~e.g., Laming, 1989;Verkhratsky, Orkand, & Kettenmann, 1998!. In animals cortical DC-potential shifts during drinking and reward, as well as spontaneously occurring cortical slow potential shifts, have been found to coincide with similar shifts in various subcortical structures, where they appear to be most consistent in the hypothalamus~Aladjalova, 1964; Irwin & Rebert, 1970;Rebert & Irwin, 1969;Rowland, 1968!. Moreover, in rabbits slow DCpotential shifts were measured simultaneously in the hypothalamus and cerebral cortex, after hypothalamic stimulation.…”