How Mice Brains Compute Social Rank - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Salk scientists discover a neural circuit involving the mPFC and the hypothalamus by which the brain exerts a top-down effect on social rank.

Understanding your place in social systems not only conserves biological resources, diminishing energy expended in acts of aggression, it could be your key to survival. Earlier studies have linked a … [+4496 chars]

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