A Preliminary Physiological Model of Aggressive Behavior

Moyer, K. E.

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“…physiological mechanisms (Moyer, 1971). On the other hand ethologists have dealt mainly with territorial aggression (Grant and McIntosh, 1963;Lehman and Adams, 1977) and hence it remains unclear to what extent the brainbehaviour experiments are helpful in understanding the central nervous regulation of territorial aggression of rats.…”

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Hypothalamically induced intraspecific aggressive behaviour in the rat

Koolhaas

1978

Exp Brain Res

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Summary.The effects of electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) of rats on intraspecific aggressive behaviour were studied. In order to investigate the specificity of the stimulation effects, each experimental animal was stimulated in a number of different social situations.Stimulation of the LH in the presence of a subordinate male increased the amount of time spent on aggressive behaviour patterns and locomotion. In the presence of a dominant male, however, the stimulated animal never initiated a fight, whereas in the presence of an estrous female attack occurred in some rare occasions and sexual behaviour disappeared almost entirely. Stimulation of some sites also elicited mouse killing behaviour. Many of the electrodes that elicited intraspeciflc aggressive behaviour also supported intracranial self-stimulation.It is concluded that 1. electrical stimulation of this area of the LH predominantly potentiates intraspecific aggressive behaviour, 2. that this behaviour becomes overt depends on the external situation, including the behaviour of the opponent. Key words: Intraspecific aggression -Lateral hypothalamus -Electrical stimulation -Specificity -RatA number of experiments have demonstrated that in rats aggressive behaviour can be influenced by stimulating the brain electrically, by hormones, or by lesions. However, an integration of these data with ethological studies on aggressive behaviour of rats is seriously hampered, because both approaches often deal with different types of aggressive behaviour. For example in the brain-behaviour studies, predatory aggression (mouse killing) has been studied extensively by Karli (1971), whereas Brady and Nauta (1955) and Edwards and Adams (1974) analysed pain induced aggression, and Miczek et al. (1974) used food competition as a model for aggression. These types of aggressive behaviour are not identical in behavioural repertoire, sequential structure and

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Hypothalamically induced intraspecific aggressive behaviour in the rat

Koolhaas

1978

Exp Brain Res

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“…However, differential attack preferences for frogs and mice (Bandler and Moyer, 1970), as well as differential effects of drugs (MacNeil and Sigg, 1973) and brain stimulation (DeSisto and ) on frog and mouse killing suggest that there may be independent neural systems governing these behaviors. Alternatively, the generalization of muricide decrement to frog killing (Moyer, 1971) might be apparent only if Ss are presented with a series of frogs.…”

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Factors in the waning of muricide in the rat: I. Analysis of intra- and intersession decrement

1975

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“…This pattern of results is highly similar to that of the present experiment, and suggests that the mouse-killing and pup-killing responses may result from a common hormonal basis in infancy. So-called "predatory" aggression has been differentiated from " interrnale" aggression by Moyer (1971) because of minimal effects of hormone status in the former , compared to the latter. The present results , together with those of Rosenberg et al (l971), suggest that such a distinction may be unwarranted.…”

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“…In devising a classification system of aggressive behaviors , Moyer (1971) has found it useful to label one kind of aggression as "intermale"; there is no corresponding category called "interfemale,' although Ewer (1972) reported more frequent fighting by female Rattus rattus in the wild state..On the basis of his extensive review of the relevant literature, Moyer suggested that intermale aggression is largely a function of endocrine status.…”

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Effects of Day 1 castration on aggressive behaviors of rats

Baenninger

1974

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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No rats killed mice in a group of adult male rats which had been castrated on the first day of life; in samples of intact adult males the percentages of killers were consistently between 20%-30% . The percentage of killers among females was slightly higher than in the castrated male group. Testosterone injections had a slight effect in that three castrates began to kill after adult treatment with TP. Electric shock failed to induce stereotyped attacks on mice in castrates, who were also reliably subordinate in shock-elicited fights with intact conspecifics.

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A Preliminary Physiological Model of Aggressive Behavior

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Hypothalamically induced intraspecific aggressive behaviour in the rat

Hypothalamically induced intraspecific aggressive behaviour in the rat

Factors in the waning of muricide in the rat: I. Analysis of intra- and intersession decrement

Effects of Day 1 castration on aggressive behaviors of rats

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