Effets de la stimulation de l'hypothalamus latéral, de l'amygdale et de l'hippocampe sur le comportement d'agression interspécifique rat-souris
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TL;DR
Electrical stimulation of various sites located in the posterior two-thirds of the lateral hypothalamus elicited a clear facilitation of the mouse-killing response in spontaneous “killer”-rats; but interspecific aggressive behavior could be elicited in spontaneously “non-killers” only by stimulation of a very circumscribed zone of the anterior hypothalamus between optic tract and fornix.
Abstract
Electrical stimulation of various sites located in the posterior two-thirds of the lateral hypothalamus elicited a clear facilitation of the mouse-killing response in spontaneous “killer”-rats; but interspecific aggressive behavior could be elicited in spontaneous “non-killers” only by stimulation of a very circumscribed zone located in the anterior hypothalamus between optic tract and fornix. A non-epileptogenic stimulation of amygdala or dorsal hippocampus did never interfere with release and course of the rat's interspecific aggressive behavior. Any epileptogenic stimulation of one of these two nervous structures provoked inhibition of the mouse-killing response. The inhibitory effect of a hippocampal seizure discharge seems to be due to its propagation to other nervous structures, in particular to amygdala and hypothalamus. As to the effect of amygdaloid stimulation, it could not be made clear to what extent inhibition of the killing-response was due to development of neuronal synchronisation within the amygdala itself or to its propagation to the hypothalamus. Une nette facilitation de la réaction d'agression du Rat “tueur” est observée lors de la stimulationélectrique de divers points situés dans les deux tiers postérieurs de l'hypothalamus latéral; par contre, il semble qu'on ne puisse déclencher ce comportement chez le Rat spontanément “non tueur” qu'àpartir d'une zoˆne hypothalamique antérieure comprise entre le tractus optique et le fornix. La stimulation nonépileptogène de l'amygdale ou de l'hippocampe dorsal n'a aucune répercussion sur le déclenchement et le déroulement de la réaction d'agression interspécifique. Toute stimulationépileptogène de l'une de ces structures inhibe la conduite agressive. L'effet inhibiteur d'une décharge paroxystique d'origine hippocampique sembleeˆtre liéàsa propagationàd'autres structures nerveuses, en particulieràl'amygdale etàl'hypothalamus. Quant aux effets de la stimulation amygdaliene, il n'a pasétépossible de préciser dans quelle mesure l'inhibition de la réaction d'agression est due au développement de la synchronisation neuronale au niveau de l'amygdale elle-meˆme ouàsa propagationàl'hypothalamus.
