Albert D J, Walsh M L, White R
Physiol Behav. 1984 Jan;32(1):143-5. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(84)90087-8.
Rats which had been reared with mice and those which had not were subjected to lesions of the septum, medial accumbens, medial hypothalamus, or sham lesions. Forty-eight hours later all animals were presented with a mouse and the frequency of mouse killing recorded. In rats with lesions of the septum, the lesions induced killing only in those animals which had not been reared with mice. Rats with lesions of the medial accumbens or medial hypothalamus killed significantly more often than control animals even when they had been reared with mice. These results suggest that the septum, medial accumbens and medial hypothalamus subserve different functions in the inhibitory modulation of mouse killing behavior.
将与小鼠一起饲养的大鼠和未与小鼠一起饲养的大鼠进行隔区、内侧伏隔核、内侧下丘脑损伤或假损伤。48小时后，给所有动物一只小鼠，并记录捕杀小鼠的频率。在隔区损伤的大鼠中，损伤仅在那些未与小鼠一起饲养的动物中诱发了捕杀行为。内侧伏隔核或内侧下丘脑损伤的大鼠，即使它们是与小鼠一起饲养的，捕杀频率也明显高于对照动物。这些结果表明，隔区、内侧伏隔核和内侧下丘脑在抑制小鼠捕杀行为中发挥不同的作用。
