Genetics profoundly influences aggression by shaping neural circuits, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, authors show that strain differences in male mouse aggression are linked to di...

Nature Reviews Endocrinology - Although oxytocin is widely known as the ‘love hormone’, it is also released during social conflict, promoting acute social defence and facilitating...

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Structured social hierarchies, in which individuals differ in their access to resources and influence over other group members, are a characteristic of many social...

In mice, female aggression is governed by an amygdala–to–medial hypothalamus circuit that is strengthened during pregnancy and is dynamically amplified by oxytocin during lactation.

Authors show that the adult Moonwalker SEZ neuron is a developmentally-conserved larval neuron that drives backward locomotion at both larval and adult stages and undergoes ec...

Abstract figure legend: We tested the effects of expressing the bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel NaChBac in the Kenyon cells of the Drosophila memory centre, the mushroom body. NaChBac expressi...

The New York Academy of Sciences and the Leon Levy Foundation have announced the 2025 class of Leon Levy Scholars in Neuroscience.

Discrimination between different signals is crucial for animals’ survival. Inhibition that suppresses weak neural activity is crucial for pattern deco…

A first-in-class fluorescence lifetime-based FRET sensor for phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) enables the dynamic monitoring of PTEN activity in cultured cells and in vivo with high spatiotempora...

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Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area have a role in modulating aggression in adult male mice, and this effect of dopamine depends strongly on fighting experience.

The ability to observe the social behavior of others and use observed information to bias future action is a fundamental building block of social cognition. A foundational question is whether social o...

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) is essential in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Recent studies highlight the significance of interactions between ACh and various neuromodulat...

A state-dependent dopamine filter system in the male Drosophila brain balances threat perception against the drive to mate.

Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...

Parallel and interfering neuronal circuits are responsible for operant and classical learning.

Parallel and interfering neuronal circuits are responsible for operant and classical learning.

G-protein coupled receptors are regulated by the membrane potential in vitro. Here, the authors show that muscarinic receptor voltage independence causes a strong behavioural effect of increased odour...

Ni et al. uncover mechanisms underlying rat pup transport response (TR). Anterior neck grasp, 4-Hz shake, and translation promote TR; reversal occurs with ground simulation. Anterior neck sensory endings labeled after TR; neck cortex thins in development. Mechano-sensory neck skin afferents may specialize for offspring-maternal cooperative transport.