Title: | Persistent depression of rearing behavior in rats after extensive septal lesions |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0021-9940 (Print) 0021-9940 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Extensive septal lesions produced a persistent (76 days) reduction in rearing behavior which was not directly attributable to altered deprivation states, emotionality, activity levels, or competing behaviors and which occurred in familiar as well as various novel testing environments. Changes in visual, olfactory, or conspecific stimuli ameliorated or had no effect on the lesion effect. The results indicate that the septal area is importantly involved in normal rearing behavior and that lesion-induced alterations in responsiveness to some forms of stimulation may play a modulatory role in reduced rearing. It is also suggested that the septal area may constitute a portion of a neural system responsible for the initiation of this form of response" |
Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Exploratory Behavior Food Deprivation Male Motor Activity/*physiology Pheromones/physiology Rats Septal Nuclei/physiology Septum Pellucidum/*physiology Smell/physiology Time Factors;" |
Notes: | "MedlineKemble, E D Nagel, J A eng 1975/09/01 J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1975 Sep; 89(7):747-58. doi: 10.1037/h0077050" |