Biological Bases of Aggressiveness - Studies on the Rats

Abstract

One the first important problem to consider when the biological bases of aggressiveness are studied in the rats, is the applicability on the man of the results obtained from the mouse pattern. In fact, the motor sequences, as well as the targets, are different in mouse and rat on the one hand, and in man on the other hand; for instance, the male rat does not generally attack the female,whilst the woman is often an object of violence by the man. [...]