Abstract
The present study consisted of 5 experiments which investigated the reactivity of septal and anosmic rats to taste, light, sound and shock stimuli. Septal rats were reliably hyperreactive to thermal, sound, and shock stimulation, but not to taste or light stimuli. Previous research has shown that septal rats are hyperreactive to taste stimuli and light stimuli and the equivocal results may be due to procedural or strain differences. It was also found that septal rats were quite able to inhibit their responses in the tasks used and the explanation that septal lesions destroy some inhibitory mechanism was not supported by these studies. Anosmic rats were hyperreactive to heat and shock stimulation but not to taste, light or sound stimulation.
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