Rubidium-induced increase in shock-elicited aggression in rats

✍ Scribed by Jon M. Stolk; Robert L. Conner; Jack D. Barchas

• Book ID: 104758281
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 633 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00401787

✦ Synopsis

Daily treatment of rats with 0.3 or 0.6 meq/kg rubidium chloride (RbC1) causes an increase in shock-elicited aggressive behavior relative to potassium chloride-treated controls. Aggressive responses increase immediately with the higher dose of RbC1 and are maintained for 12 days. The lower RbC1 dosage increases fighting behavior significantly after 11 consecutive injection days. Measurements of flinch, jump, and vocalization threshold reveal no consistent pattern with treatment; thus, it is unlikely that threshold changes underlie the observed increases in aggression.