Altered behavior and its influence on endocrines and water metabolism

It was observed that the ablation of various limbic lobe nuclei in male Sprague-Dawley rats resulted in altered behavior which was not influenced by the manipulation of endocrine glands. Furthermore, it was noted that the lesioning of limbic lobe nuclei in male rats with intact endocrines resulted in significant weight changes in various endocrine glands. The limbic ablations did not result in significant change in weights of the endocrine glands of endocrine manipulated animals. Likewise, it was observed that neither the alteration of behavior or endocrine manipulation influenced water balance.