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Social Hierarchy: Even for Mice, It’s Complicated
Social Hierarchy: Even for Mice, It’s Complicated
03.04.2024
Brain & Behavior

Studying wild mice in near-natural conditions reveals different strategies used by females and males in forming social hierarchies

Lighting up the reward center: Light-sensitive proteins are inserted into specific brain cells. Blue: dopamine-producing cells in the reward system in the ventral tegmental area. Red: cells carrying the inserted protein in a mouse brain. Yellow: Overlap between cells that are carrying the optogenetic protein and those that are dopamine-producing. Image obtained by confocal microscope in the lab of Prof. Tali Kimchi
When Mickey Met Minnie: A Neural Reward Circuit Determines Sexual Preference in Mice
05.03.2018
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

Blocking dopamine receptors in male mouse brains dampened their preference for females

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover: How to Manipulate the Brain to Control Maternal Behavior in Females and Reduce Aggression in Males
Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover: How to Manipulate the Brain to Control Maternal Behavior in Females and Reduce Aggression in Males
07.10.2015
Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior

New research shows that same network of brain cells operates differently in male and female mice

backcrossing wild-derived mice with lab mice infographic
Pheromones Regulate Aggression of Non-Mother Female Mice toward Pups in Wild-Derived Mice
05.08.2014
Brain & Behavior, Genetics

A new mouse model enables research into the neural and genetic roots of social behavior, including reproduction and maternal...

mouse house
Mice in a “Big Brother” Setup Develop Social Structures
17.06.2013
Space & Physics, Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute research into mouse social behavior finds signs of leadership and reveals “autistic” mouse society
 

Fluorescent microscope photo of mouse cortical nerve cells (neurons) in culture infected with lentiviruses that express green fluorescent protein. From the lab of Dr. Alon Chen
How Does the Brain Take Shape?
30.08.2010
Brain & Behavior, Genetics

What genetic and neural mechanisms give rise to our personality? Which fine tune our sexual behavior? What code programs a...

Dr. Tali Kimchi. Behavioral switches
When a Woman Is More Like a Man
01.05.2009
Brain & Behavior
Brains are wired for both male and female behavior. What turns sex-related behavior on?

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