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Pigeons were implanted with stainless steel cannulae in the lateral ventricles of the brain and infused with different concentrations of LH-RH and CF insulin, as well as with saline, in counterbalanced order. LH-RH elicited dose-dependent effects in the animals’ behavior, and CF insulin resulted in much weaker reactions; the saline infusion generally had no effects. These results suggest that LH-RH could nonspecifically regulate a wide range of complex behavior.
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While carrying out this research, J. Martin Ramirez received a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; J. D. Delius’ work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. We are very grateful to Karl Pribram, Seymour Levine, and Timmen Cermack for helpful discussions of an earlier draft of the manuscript, and to Hans Stankewitz and Gabriele Habers for technical assistance.
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Ramirez, J.M., Delius, J.D. Behavioral effects of intracerebroventricular infusion of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) in pigeons. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 16, 128–130 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334459
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