A comparison of hypothalamically induced biting attack with natural predatory behavior in the cat.

Berntson, Gary G.; Hughes, Heather; Beattie, Michael S.

doi:10.1037/h0077199

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“…In TP-induced predation, there is no vacillation between approach and withdrawal; the terminal components of attack were elicited in the absence of defensive behavior by the cat, and thus predatory attack induced by TP did not in the least appear playful. It is interesting that a similar pattern of predatory attack is also elicited by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus (Berntson, Hughes, & Beattie, 1976).…”

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Escalation of feline predation along a gradient from avoidance through "play" to killing.

O’Brien¹,

Pellis²,

Teitelbaùm³

et al. 1988

Behavioral Neuroscience

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In this article, we show that feline predation involves a continuous gradient of activation between defense and attack and that predatory "play" results from an interaction of the two. Benzodiazepines (oxazepam, diazepam) escalated attack toward killing, so that cats that had avoided mice prior to the drug now played with them, cats that had originally played now killed, and cats that killed mice now did so with less preliminary contact. In such shifts, no sharp demarcation between play and predation was evident. Lateral hypothalamic lesions disrupted the escalation of attack. During recovery, attack was escalated once again along the gradient toward killing, but in the absence of both defense and play. A similar result was obtained in intact killers and nonkillers by the application of mild tail pinch. These results suggest that play with prey is a misnomer for predatory behavior that fails to escalate along the gradient between defense and attack. Movement notation analysis revealed that playful movements are adaptive in that they protect the cat from injury.

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Escalation of feline predation along a gradient from avoidance through "play" to killing.

O’Brien¹,

Pellis²,

Teitelbaùm³

et al. 1988

Behavioral Neuroscience

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“…No gross differences were noted in the topography of the attacks on stimulated versus control trials, although the possibility that stimulation subtly alters attack topography remains to be examined in detail (cf. Berntson, Hughes, & Beattie, 1976).…”

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Brief, high-frequency stimulation of the corticomedial amygdala induces a delayed and prolonged increase of aggressiveness in male Syrian golden hamsters.

Potegal

Hebert

DeCoster

et al. 1996

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Brief 200-Hz stimulation of the corticomedial amygdala (CMA) increases the aggressiveness of male Syrian golden hamsters for about 30 min; the effect peaks 10-15 min after stimulation. This effect is sensitive to stimulation amplitude and frequency. Stimulation at the parameters that reduce attack latency increases flank marking but does not affect copulation latency or general activity. Immunocytochemical analysis suggests that stimulation effects may be coupled to c-fos expression and that unilateral stimulation has bilateral effects. CMA stimulation effects appear to mimic part of the time course of behaviorally induced attack priming. The temporal persistence of aggression may result from long-term potentiation-like changes within CMA-related neural circuitry.

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“…The "Fixed Movement Rule" Bias Electrical brain stimulation, around the level of the hypothalamus in birds and mammals, elicits species-typical behavior ( Jurgens, 1974). For example, stimulation of certain locations in the hypothalamus induces predatory behavior in cats (Berntson, Hughes, & Beattie, 1976). Moreover, such elicited behaviors are performed in the absence of the usual stimulus contexts.…”

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Pattern in Behavior

Pellis

Iwaniuk

2014

Advances in the Study of Behavior

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A comparison of hypothalamically induced biting attack with natural predatory behavior in the cat.

Cited by 31 publications

References 22 publications

Escalation of feline predation along a gradient from avoidance through "play" to killing.

Escalation of feline predation along a gradient from avoidance through "play" to killing.

Brief, high-frequency stimulation of the corticomedial amygdala induces a delayed and prolonged increase of aggressiveness in male Syrian golden hamsters.

Pattern in Behavior

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