Optogenetics, sex, and violence in the brain: Implications for psychiatry

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1081-1089

  Anderson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; channelrhodopsin; hypothalamus; mating; mouse; optogenetics; violence

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; DORSAL PREMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; DORSOMEDIAL VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHOLOGY; FIGHTING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAMMILLARY BODY; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERAL NUCLEUS; VIOLENCE; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 84861584042     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.012     Document Type: Review

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