Lipp H P, Hunsperger R W
Brain Behav Evol. 1978;15(4):260-93. doi: 10.1159/000123782.
In order to elucidate whether relatively primitive primates show a similar topological organization of substrates mediating defense and flight within the ventromedial hypothalamus as has been found in other mammals, 15 marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) were chronically implanted with a total of 57 electrodes for electrical stimulation. Experiments took place in a familiar environment and under systematically altered conditions. All anatomical sites yielding vocal threat and short attacks were found to be situated in the n. ventromedialis. Flight was elicited from a region immediately lateral to this nucleus and from sites in the posterior hypothalamus. Thus, it appears that the topological organization of defense and flight behavior in cat, oppossum and marmoset are essentially similar.
为了阐明相对原始的灵长类动物是否像在其他哺乳动物中发现的那样，在腹内侧下丘脑内具有介导防御和逃跑的类似拓扑组织底物，对15只狨猴（绢毛猴）进行了长期植入，共植入57个电极用于电刺激。实验在熟悉的环境中并在系统改变的条件下进行。所有引发叫声威胁和短暂攻击的解剖部位都位于腹内侧核。逃跑是从该核紧邻外侧的一个区域以及下丘脑后部的部位引发的。因此，猫、负鼠和狨猴的防御和逃跑行为的拓扑组织似乎基本相似。
