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Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 2 Biobehavioral Influences (1994) / Chapter Skim
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... The precise sites at which attack was obtained included mainly the parabrachial region of the tegmentum. Structures that may influence pontine control of predatory attack include the perifornical lateral hypothalamus, PAG, BNST, and central and lateral nuclei of the amygdala ~ Smith and Flynn, 19 79 I
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... (Strict Terminalis) / '-' - I'-` Prmnntir ~ \ /~r~r ~ ~ \ Anterior ~ \ O H Cal Hypothalamus / ~U ~ ~\ Quiet Biting Attack Site Posterior / ~ ~ Quiet Biting Hypothalamus: ~ ~ ~ Attack Site 1 it__ Central Gray Ventral Tegmentum Locus Coeruleus Central hi< ~Tegmental Field Sensory Nucleus V Motor be;' Raphe FIGURE 3 Diagram indicating the principal ascending and descending projections of the perifornical lateral hypothalamus associated with quiet biting attack behavior.
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  • biting attack
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  • anterior hypothalamus
  • descending projections


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