Zbrozyna A W
Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 1983;43(3):183-92.
Modifications of the threatening response occurring in cats and naive kittens were studied during repeated confrontations by a dog. Most of the kittens when confronted by a dog for the first time displayed a threatening response. There was a wide individual variation in the intensity of the first response. In some kittens initial sensitization occurred. With repetition of the confrontations the response waned. Complete habituation of the response in the kittens was achieved after 4 to 15 daily sessions, in adult cats it took from 2 to 47 sessions. In both kittens and adult cats various components, of the threatening response habituated at a different rate. This caused the pattern of the response to change during repetitive confrontations. This out of step habituation of the components has been described with regard to the cardiovascular components of the response (8). It is concluded that the threatening reaction is subject to habituation and that the components of this response may be suppressed independently from the others, thus modifying the pattern of the response.
在猫和未经历过此类情况的小猫与狗反复对峙的过程中，对它们出现的威胁反应的变化进行了研究。大多数小猫首次面对狗时会表现出威胁反应。首次反应的强度存在很大的个体差异。一些小猫出现了初始致敏现象。随着对峙的重复，反应逐渐减弱。小猫在每日进行4至15次对峙后，反应完全习惯化，成年猫则需要2至47次对峙。在小猫和成年猫中，威胁反应的各个组成部分习惯化的速度不同。这导致在重复对峙过程中反应模式发生变化。关于反应的心血管组成部分，已经描述过各组成部分这种不同步的习惯化情况（8）。得出的结论是，威胁反应会受到习惯化的影响，并且该反应的各个组成部分可能会独立于其他部分受到抑制，从而改变反应模式。
