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Science 24 July 1981:
Vol. 213. no. 4506, pp. 459 - 461
DOI: 10.1126/science.7244642
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Science, Vol 213, Issue 4506, 459-461
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Species-typical behavior of hamsters deprived from birth of the neocortex

MR Murphy, PD MacLean, and SC Hamilton

Hamsters deprived from birth of the neocortex developed normally and displayed the usual hamster-typical behavioral patterns. With the additional concurrent destruction of midline limbic convolutions (cingulate and underlying dorsal hippocampal), there were deficits in maternal behavior and a lack of development of play behavior. These findings demonstrate in a rodent (i) that the striatal complex and limbic system, along with the remaining neuraxis, are sufficient for giving expression to a wide range of unlearned forms of species-typical behavior and (ii) that midline limbic structures are required for the expression of play behavior and the integrated performance of maternal behavior.


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