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Selective disruption of displacement behavior by lesions of the mesolimbic dopamine system

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authors

  • Robbins, T. W.
  • Koob, George

publication date

  • 1980

journal

  • Nature  Journal

abstract

  • In the wild, organisms generally allocate their time among many behavioural tendencies in response to both current and anticipated motivational requirements. However, activities that are apparently 'irrelevant' often intrude, either during conflict between these behavioural tendencies, or when a strong tendency is thwarted. These 'irrelevant' activities are called displacement behaviours and are widely documented in the ethological literature. We report here that an experimental analogue of displacement behaviour in the rat depends upon the integrity of the mesolimbic dopaminergic projection to the nucleus accumbens septi, olfactory tubercle and associated structures of the forebrain.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Displacement (Psychology)
  • Dopamine
  • Drinking Behavior
  • Humans
  • Hydroxydopamines
  • Limbic System
  • Motor Activity
  • Nucleus Accumbens
  • Olfactory Bulb
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0028-0836

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/285409a0

PubMed ID

  • 6104303
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 409

end page

  • 412

volume

  • 285

issue

  • 5764

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