Behavior: Local Lateral Habenula Interneurons Mediate Aggression

Jack F Webster; Christian Wozny

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.065

Behavior: Local Lateral Habenula Interneurons Mediate Aggression

Curr Biol. 2020 Aug 17;30(16):R954-R956. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.065.

Authors

Jack F Webster¹, Christian Wozny²

Affiliations

¹ Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
² Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK. Electronic address: christian.wozny@strath.ac.uk.

PMID: 32810460
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.065

Abstract

A recent study has shown that local inhibitory GAD2-positive neurons regulate the activity of lateral habenula neurons, thereby governing aggressive behavior in male mice.

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MeSH terms

Aggression
Animals
GABAergic Neurons
Habenula*
Interneurons
Male
Mice
Orexins

Substances

Orexins