Oxytocin and vasopressin within the ventral and dorsal lateral septum modulate aggression in female rats

Aggression in females is understudied in model organisms. Here, the authors establish a model of enhanced aggression in virgin female rats and show that oxytocin and vasopressin systems differentially modulate aggression in distinct neuronal populations of the lateral septum of female rats.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vinícius Elias de Moura Oliveira, Michael Lukas, Hannah Nora Wolf, Elisa Durante, Alexandra Lorenz, Anna-Lena Mayer, Anna Bludau, Oliver J. Bosch, Valery Grinevich, Veronica Egger, Trynke R. de Jong, Inga D. Neumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23064-5