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The operating technique for producing small lesions in the limbic system of the rat is described. The method for placing the animal into the stereotaxic instrument is described, and some typical lesions of the limbic system, obtained by this method, are reproduced.
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Konig, J. R. R., & Klippel, R. A. The rat brain: A stereotaxic atlas. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1963.
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Preparation of this report was supported by Grant 26-631-32 awarded by the Indiana University Office of Research and Advanced Studies.
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Goldstein, M.L. A simple method for making small lesions in the limbic system of the white rat. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 6, 67–68 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333149
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333149