Social behaviour articles within Nature Communications

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• Article | 05 August 2014

  Mapping ecologically relevant social behaviours by gene knockout in wild mice

  Mice are important animal models for human disease research, however artificially selected laboratory mice may be unsuitable for studies of adaptive behavioural response. Here, the authors backcross wild mice with mutant laboratory mice and uncover behavioural gene functions unique to wild mice, thereby offering an improved model for studying human traits.

  • Lea Chalfin
  • , Molly Dayan
  •  & Tali Kimchi

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  16 January 2014 | Open Access

  Hypothalamic inhibition of socio-sexual behaviour by increasing neuroestrogen synthesis

  The conversion of testosterone into oestrogen in the brain is implicated in male aggressive behaviour. Ubuka et al.show that gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone inhibits male aggression by increasing oestrogen synthesis in the brain beyond its optimum concentration for the expression of aggressive behaviour.

  • Takayoshi Ubuka
  • , Shogo Haraguchi
  •  & Kazuyoshi Tsutsui