Behavorial characteristics of defense and vigilance reactions elecited by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus in rabbits

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 33-41

  Duan, Yu Fei ^a,b   Winters, Ray ^b   McCabe, Philip M ^b   Green, Edward J ^b   Huang, Ying ^b   Schneiderman, Neil ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

affective behavior pattern; behavior quantification; cardiovascular regulation; defense reaction; hypothalamus; stress response; vigilance reaction

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; RABBITS;

EID: 0030273899     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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