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Facilitation of Aggressive Behaviour in Rat by Direct Cholinergic Stimulation of the Hypothalamus

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DIRECT chemical stimulation of the brain has provided much information about the neurochemical coding of diverse drive states1. But little is known about the neurochemical factors involved in the facilitation and inhibition of aggressive behaviour.

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BANDLER, R. Facilitation of Aggressive Behaviour in Rat by Direct Cholinergic Stimulation of the Hypothalamus. Nature 224, 1035–1036 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241035a0

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