Sexually dimorphic oxytocin circuits drive intragroup social conflict and aggression in wild house mice.
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Nature neuroscience
ISSN: 1546-1726
Titre abrégé: Nat Neurosci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9809671
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Date de publication:
05 Jul 2024
05 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
28
07
2023
accepted:
16
05
2024
medline:
6
7
2024
pubmed:
6
7
2024
entrez:
5
7
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
In nature, both males and females engage in competitive aggressive interactions to resolve social conflicts, yet the behavioral principles guiding such interactions and their underlying neural mechanisms remain poorly understood. Through circuit manipulations in wild mice, we unveil oxytocin-expressing (OT
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pubmed: 38969756
doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01685-5
pii: 10.1038/s41593-024-01685-5
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eng
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Organisme : Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
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Organisme : EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council)
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© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
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