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Electrically induced mouse killing was elicited by stimulation of the anterior lateral hypothalamus. Rats learned to press a bar to escape current levels that yielded attack. Attack latencies increased as test chamber size increased. With repeated testing sessions the vigor and amount of aggression decreased and somtimes disappeared with no corresponding decrease in escape behavior.
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This work was partially supported by USPHS Grant No. MH 13155-02 awarded to J. A. Trowill
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Panksepp, J., Trowill, J. Electrically induced affective attack from the hypothalamus of the albino rat. Psychon Sci 16, 118–119 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336327
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