Anatomical specificity of septal projctions in active and passive avoidance behavior in rats.
- 1 May 1969
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 68 (1, Pt.1) , 80-89
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0027643
Abstract
Placed lesions in 96 male Long-Evans hooded rats' pathways anatomically associated with some septal projections to assess their individual contributions to the enhanced active avoidance performance and passive avoidance deficit found after large septal lesions. Septal and stria medullaris-habenular lesions impaired performance on a food-reinforced passive avoidance task, while fornix lesions had little effect. Septal, stria medullaris-habenular, and fornix lesions all enhanced 2-way shuttle-box avoidance performance and led to greater resistance to extinction of this task with massed trials. Results do not support a unitary conceptualization of septal function; instead, they suggest that the various behavioral effects associated with septal lesions are mediated over different projections. (27 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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