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Brain implant turns 'loser' mice into aggressive fighters

18-Jul-2017

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In tube test the mice who shoves the most wins the dominance game.

Scientists used optogenetics to trigger the dmPFC region of a low-ranking mouse's brain.

The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex is associated with "effortful behavior" and "social dominance."

Stimulated low ranking mice won almost every contest.

In some mice the winner effect continued after light stimulation stopped.

The study was published in the Science journal.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

National scientific institution for natural sciences and high technology development.

Science

Peer-reviewed academic online journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Tingting Zhou

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Brain Interface