Vibrissal Anesthesia and the Suppression of Intruder-Elicited Aggression in Rats
| Autor: | Kevin J. Flannelly, Robert W. Carty, Donald H. Thor |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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050103 clinical psychology Lidocaine Aggression medicine.medical_treatment 05 social sciences Placebo Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anesthesia Sensation Anesthetic medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology medicine.symptom Psychology Saline General Psychology medicine.drug Social behavior |
| Zdroj: | The Psychological Record. 26:255-261 |
| ISSN: | 2163-3452 0033-2933 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf03394384 |
| Popis: | Male Long-Evans intruders (N = 20) were individually exposed for 1-hr. intervals to established colonies of Long-Evans rats consisting of three males and one female. Prior to introduction of the intruder, all colony males received either subcutaneous anesthetic injections (lidocaine HC1) or saline placebo injections into the vibrissal pads. Aggressive responding of the anesthetized male residents was significantly curtailed, but normal social interactions were undiminished. The results suggest that: (a) vibrissal sensation has a significant role in the maintenance of normal social aggression in the colony-intruder paradigm, and (b) diminution of aggressive responding may not be attributed to a general decrease in all social behaviors. |
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