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Rats with anodal lesions centered in the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis were subjected to a pain-elicited fighting paradigm. A transient increase in agonistic behavior was observed in S pairs which were allowed a 6–7-day recovery period and in pairs which were run only 24 h postsurgery. The increase in reflexive fighting was accompanied by a heightened startle response, which was replaced by shock-elicited stereotyped gnawing behavior when the fighting responses decreased.
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This research was supported by Grant MH-16995-02 from the Public Health Service and by Grant B008580 from the National Science Foundation to Dr. Frederick P. Gault, Western Michigan University.
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Nolley, D.A. Agonistic behavior after stria terminalis lesions in the rat. Psychon Sci 28, 182–184 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328703
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