Amygdaloid lesions and behavioral inhibition in the rat.

The present investigation is concerned primarily with the effects of amygdaloid lesions on behavioral inhibition.Since much of the research which will be reported in thisthesis stems from similar studies on the septal are a and t , the hippocampus, these data will first be summarized briefly.\ Then the relevant anatomical and behavioral data on the r t amygdala will be discussed more fully.Since the recent i , 1 literature contains two comprehensive reviews (Gloor, 1960; t f: 1' ' -Goddard, 1964b) of the extensive research that has been done i, f on amygdaloid function, it seems unnecessary to duplicate , r t f these efforts.This review, therefore, will deal only with " r those studies that are directly relevant to the experiments fI;