Female contact modulates male aggression via a sexually dimorphic GABAergic circuit in Drosophila

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-88

  Yuan, Quan ^a,b   Song, Yuanquan ^a   Yang, Chung Hui ^a,b,c   Jan, Lily Yeh ^a   Jan, Yuh Nung ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84893705352     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3581     Document Type: Article

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