Evidence is reviewed concerning the brain areas and neurotransmitters involved in
aggressive behavior in the cat and rodent. In the cat, two distinct neural circuits involving the …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Research
focused on identifying compounds that restore cognition and memory in AD patients is a …

Aggressive behavior induces an adrenocortical stress response, and sudden stressors often
precipitate violent behavior. Experiments in rats revealed a fast, mutual, positive feedback …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by disruptions in multiple major neurotransmitters.
While many studies have attempted to establish whether GABA is disrupted in AD patients …

Aggression research was for long dominated by the assumption that aggression-related
psychopathologies result from the excessive activation of aggression-promoting brain …

The serotonergic (5-HT) system in the brain is involved in the modulation of offensive
aggressive behavior. The dogma that activity of the 5-HT system is inversely related to …

Male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) display mating‐induced pair bonding indicated by
social affiliation with their female partners and aggression toward unfamiliar conspecifics. In …

Grooming is an important part of rodent behavioural repertoire, representing a complex
hierarchically ordered cephalo-caudal sequence of patterns sensitive to stress and various …

Active defense against a conspecific aggressor is essential for survival. Previous studies
revealed strong c-Fos expression in the ventrolateral part of the ventromedial hypothalamus …

Anatomical and functional studies show that the hypothalamus is at the junction of
mechanisms involved in the exploratory appraisal phase of behaviour and mechanisms …