Animal Model:	Neonatal Amygdalar Lesion
Preparation Type:	Lesion Preparations
DA-related behavior:	Enhanced amphetamine or apomorphine induced locomotion; increased novelty induced locomotor activity
Gating:	Increased acoustic startle response but impair PPI on animals lesioned on PND 7 but not PND 21; abnormally persistent latent inhibition
Cognitive behavior:	Impaired place navigation and spatial ability (not found by all studies); impaired spatial alternation and food hoarding
Social behavior:	Social behaviors diminished in animals lesioned on PND 7 but not 21 but ventral HPC lesions did not affect social behavior
Molecular/morphological signature:	Increased lateral ventricular volume; reduced density of D1- and D2-like but not D3-like receptors and increased DA turnover in mesolimbic but not striatal regions; decreased spine density in the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens
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