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Nucleus basalis prosencephali, a substrate of apomorphine-induced pecking in pigeons
1Experimentelle Tierpsychologie, Psychologisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, F.R.G.
Brain Research
|June 21, 1988
Abstract:
Microinjections of the dopamine agonist apomorphine into the nucleus basalis prosencephali of pigeons elicit stereotyped pecking behaviour. Injections of 6-hydroxydopamine, a toxic dopamine antagonist, into the same nucleus impair stereotyped pecking induced by systemic apomorphine administration, but do not interfere with pecking in the normal feeding context.
