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Hierarchical Representations of Aggression in a Hypothalamic-Midbrain Circuit.
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- Hypothalamic resting-state functional connectivity and self-evaluated aggression in young adults.Journal of psychiatric research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although the ventromedial hypothalamus ventrolateral area (VMHvl) is now well established as a critical locus for the generation of conspecific aggression, its role is complex, with neurons responding during multiple phases of social interactions with both males and females. It has been previously unclear how the brain uses this complex multidimensional signal and coordinates a discrete action: the attack. Here, we find a hypothalamic-midbrain circuit that represents hierarchically organized social signals during aggression. Optogenetic-assisted circuit mapping reveals a preferential projection from VMHvl
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