Abstract
An ethopharmacological study of hypothalamic aggression may seem a little paradoxical, as essentially an artificially-induced response is studied using ethological methods, which stress the importance of studying natural behaviour in a natural environment. An attempt will be made to show, however, that an ethopharmacological study of hypothalamic responses is worthwhile for both behavioural pharmacology and ethology.
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Kruk, M.R., Van der Poel, A.M., Lammers, J.H.C.M., Hagg, T., De Hey, A.M.D.M., Oostwegel, S. (1987). Ethopharmacology of Hypothalamic Aggression in the Rat. In: Olivier, B., Mos, J., Brain, P.F. (eds) Ethopharmacology of Agonistic Behaviour in Animals and Humans. Topics in the Neurosciences, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3359-0_3
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