“…Lesions of many brain areas-for example, the neocortex, dorsal hippocampus, and septum -have been shown to impair the performance of maternal behavior in the rat (Beach, 1937(Beach, , 1938Fleischer & Slotnick, 1978; see reviews in Slotnick, 1975;Numan, in press). The broad effects of such lesions make interpretation of the role of these areas in maternal behavior nearly impossible at this time.…”