Role of the Amygdala in the Control of “Mouse-Killing” Behavior in the Rat
Advances in behavioral biologyPublished 1 January 1972
P Karlı, Marguerite Vergnes, Françoise Eclancher, Paulo Thiago Schmitt, Jean-Paul Chaurand
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Abstract
It might be advisable to begin this paper with a few general considerations, in order to broaden its scope which initially seems to be a rather limited one. Such general considerations may be considered as truisms, but we all know how easily obvious facts get out of mind in scientific thinking no less than in everyday life.
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