Spontaneous activity of dorsal raphe neurons during defensive and offensive encounters in the tree-shrew |
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Authors: | Hartwig Walletschek Achim Raab |
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Institution: | Zoologisches Institut der Universität München, FRG |
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Abstract: | The general characteristics of these telemetrically recorded neurons of dorsal raphe, such as firing rate under nembutal anesthesia, reaction to illumination changes or acoustic stimuli were comparable to those in the literature. The firing rate of the dorsal raphe neurons increased during defensive encounters (+51%±29% S.D.; p<0.005) and defensive fights (+113%±91% S.D.; p<0.02) as compared to the neuronal activity of the undisturbed resting animal. The fearful interaction of the animal with the experimenter led to the strongest increase in the firing rate (+187%±114% S.D.; p<0.002) in all animals tested. The offensive animal showed decreased neuronal activity during offensive encounters (?21%±13% S.D.; p<0.02) and offensive fights (?42%±17%S.D.; p<0.05) as compared with the neuronal activity of the undisturbed resting animal. These findings indicate the crucial importance of the animals appraisal of the situational contex for the activity of dorsal raphe neurons. |
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Keywords: | Dorsal raphe Serotonergic neurons Arousal Aggressiveness Offense Defense Fear Multi-unit Telemetric recording |
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