Effect of midbrain raphe lesion on avoidance learning in aggressive mice.
Lesion of the midbrain ventral raphe nucleus greatly improves the avoidance-learning efficiency of normal and isolated-aggressive Albino Swiss mice. Since the lesion of this brain area selectivity lowers the forebrain concentration of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), implications of the role of brain 5-HT in avoidance-learning acquisition are discussed.
D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D012934:Social Isolation
D012701:Serotonin