Approach and consummatory behavior in rats with hippocampal lesions

Abstract

pproach and consummatory responses were measured in rats with hippocampal lesions. Compared to normal and neocortically damaged animals, rats with hippocampal lesions exhibited increased frequency of locomotor responses. These same animals, however, were identical to controls in consummatory responding. The results support the hypothesis of Murphy and Brown (1970), who suggested that hippocampal lesions may selectively release locomotor behavior in the rat .