The effects of septal lesions on dominance in rats.

The idea that the limbic system is involved in the mediation of emotional and motivational behavior is one which is now quite common in the literature. Since the early work of Klüver and Bucy (1937) and Papez (1937), a great deal of experimentation has centered on this particular region of the brain. There now appears to be at least some general agreement on the gross changes in behavior which follow lesions and stimulation in the various areas of the limbic system. But in most cases precisely how these general changes in emotionality affect behavior in specifie circumstances is still not known, and how the limbic system functions, in whole or in part, to modify behavior is far from clear. [...