This important study assessed the effects of food intake on sharp wave-ripples in the hippocampus of mice during subsequent sleep. Solid evidence supports the conclusion that sharp wave-ripples are ...

This study examined the important question of how neurons code temporal information across the hippocampus, dorsal striatum, and orbitofrontal cortex. Using a behavioral task in the rat that requires ...

Like humans, mice will compete over territory and mates ... from releasing dopamine into another region called the lateral septum, a site known to regulate aggression. They found that novice ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Like humans, mice will compete over territory ... dopamine into another region called the lateral septum, a site known to regulate aggression.

Summry: New research reveals that dopamine plays a crucial role in teaching young male mice to fight ... the dorsal lateral septum (dLS), a region known for aggression control. Dopamine enables the ...

Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 12) were purchased from Taconic Farms and allowed to acclimate to the animal facility for 2 weeks prior to experiments. The rats were housed 2 per cage under a 12–12 h ...

Gene expression of TREM2 was increased in the hippocampus of transgenic 5XFAD mice and in the cingulate cortex of autosomal dominant AD patients, and to a lesser extent in aged SAMP8 mice and sporadic ...

The team also measured dopamine release in the lateral septum as the animals gained fighting experience. They found that the chemical surges the most on the day they first decide to attack. As the ...