Ursin H, Dalland T, Ellertsen B, Herrmann T, Johnsen T B, Livesey P, Zaidi Z, Wahl H
Ciba Found Symp. 1977(58):351-72. doi: 10.1002/9780470720394.ch14.
Since recent reviews of the behavioural effects of septal lesions agree that more than one explanatory concept is required, a multivariate analysis of the septal syndrome has been made. A total of 127 rats have been tested 73 with septal lesions and 54 controls. The rats were tested in a standard test battery consisting of a residential maze, spontaneous alternation, spatial learning, approach/avoidance conflict and one-way active avoidance. Factor analyses reveal a complex change in the factor structure after septal lesions. None of the previous explanations of septal functions receives unequivocal support. The findings do not exclude the possibility that septal lesions interfere with a few general behaviour mechanisms or perhaps only one. However, if so, this factor does not explain as much of the variance as expected. Situational or test-dependent factors play a greater role in the variance. This is interpreted as an indication of insufficiency in the theoretical structure, or in conventional test designs.
由于近期有关隔区损伤行为效应的综述一致认为需要不止一种解释概念，因此对隔区综合征进行了多变量分析。总共对127只大鼠进行了测试，其中73只患有隔区损伤，54只为对照。这些大鼠在一个标准测试组中接受测试，该测试组包括居住迷宫、自发交替、空间学习、接近/回避冲突和单向主动回避。因子分析显示隔区损伤后因子结构发生了复杂变化。之前对隔区功能的解释均未得到明确支持。这些发现并不排除隔区损伤干扰一些一般行为机制或者可能仅干扰一种机制的可能性。然而，如果是这样，这个因素并不能解释如预期那么多的方差。情境或测试相关因素在方差中起更大作用。这被解释为理论结构或传统测试设计存在不足的一个迹象。
