Aggression articles within Nature

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• Article | 02 December 2020

  Distinct hypothalamic control of same- and opposite-sex mounting behaviour in mice

  Ultrasonic vocalizations of male mice distinguish aggressive, male-directed mounting from reproductive, female-directed mounting behaviours, which are represented by distinct ESR1-expressing populations of neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus and medial preoptic area, respectively.

  • Tomomi Karigo
  • , Ann Kennedy
  •  & David J. Anderson

• Article | 05 December 2018

  A circuit from hippocampal CA2 to lateral septum disinhibits social aggression

  Pyramidal neurons in the hippocampal CA2 region in mice promote social aggression via a disinhibitory circuit involving the lateral septum and ventromedial hypothalamus.

  • Felix Leroy
  • , Jung Park
  •  & Steven A. Siegelbaum