Oxytocin and vasopressin within the ventral and dorsal lateral septum modulate aggression in female rats

Autor: Vinícius Elias de Moura Oliveira, Michael Lukas, Hannah Nora Wolf, Elisa Durante, Alexandra Lorenz, Anna-Lena Mayer, Anna Bludau, Oliver J. Bosch, Valery Grinevich, Veronica Egger, Trynke R. de Jong, Inga D. Neumann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23064-5
Popis: Aggression in females is understudied in model organisms. Here, the authors establish a model of enhanced aggression in virgin female rats and show that oxytocin and vasopressin systems differentially modulate aggression in distinct neuronal populations of the lateral septum of female rats.
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