Bandler R J
Brain Behav Evol. 1977;14(6):440-60. doi: 10.1159/000125807.
The predatory attack of a cat against a rat elicited by lateral hypothalamic, ventral midbrain and ventromedial periaqueductal gray stimulation has been compared. Regardless of the region stimulated, the attack behaviors were found to be identical with respect to response topography, preference for the rat as an attack object, the distance at which the cats would approach and attack a rat and the success in finding and attacking the rat when the cats were blindfolded. However, the minimum current required to elicit the predatory attack by periaqueductal gray stimulation was 3-4 times less than that required to elicit the same behavior by ventral midbrain and lateral hypothalamic stimulation. The difficulty in reconciling these results with the preeminent role assigned to the hypothalamus in the organization of predatory aggressive behavior was considered.
比较了外侧下丘脑、腹侧中脑和导水管周围腹内侧灰质刺激引发的猫对大鼠的捕食性攻击。无论刺激的是哪个区域，在反应形态、对大鼠作为攻击对象的偏好、猫接近并攻击大鼠的距离以及蒙住猫眼睛时找到并攻击大鼠的成功率方面，攻击行为都被发现是相同的。然而，导水管周围灰质刺激引发捕食性攻击所需的最小电流比腹侧中脑和外侧下丘脑刺激引发相同行为所需的电流少3 - 4倍。考虑了将这些结果与下丘脑在捕食性攻击行为组织中所赋予的突出作用相协调的困难。
