Hypothalamic control of male aggression-seeking behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 596-604

  Falkner, Annegret L ^a   Grosenick, Logan ^b   Davidson, Thomas J ^b   Deisseroth, Karl ^b,c   Lin, Dayu ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PHOTOMETRY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTOGENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84960154296     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4264     Document Type: Article

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