Disinhibition of prey-catching in the salamander following thalamic-pretectal lesions

✍ Scribed by Th. Finkenstädt

• Book ID: 104760231
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 223 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-1042
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00405653

✦ Synopsis

Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie der GesamtEochschule D-3500 Kassel Arbeitsgruppe Neuro-Ethologie und Biokybernetik ablation of the optic tectum, both visual prey-catching and avoidance behaviors failed to occur. The results in salamanders support the hypothesis [6] that prey/predator recognition is performed through inhibitory in teraction of neuronal networks located in different brain regions.