Aggression Genetics
Researchers at Ohio State University, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research target aggression genetics
Published in Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly, July 14th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Photoperiod reverses the effects of estrogens on male aggression via genomic and nongenomic pathways." According to a study from the United States, "Despite recent discoveries of the specific contributions of genes to behavior, the molecular mechanisms mediating contributions of the environment are understudied. We demonstrate that the behavioral effects of estrogens on aggression are completely reversed by a discrete environmental signal, day length."
"Selective activation of either estrogen receptor alpha or beta decreases aggression in long days and increases aggression in short days. In the bed nucleus of the stria...
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