{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["35(5)"],"submitter":["Liu Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["Isolation rearing (IR) enhances aggressive behavior, and the central serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system has been linked to IR-induced aggression. However, whether the alteration of central serotonin is the cause or consequence of enhanced aggression is still unknown. In the present study, using mice deficient in central serotonin Tph2<sup>-/-</sup> and Lmx1b<sup>-/-</sup>, we examined the association between central serotonin and aggression with or without social isolation. We demonstrated that central serotonergic neurons are critical for the enhanced aggression after IR. 5-HT depletion in wild-type mice increased aggression. On the other hand, application of 5-HT in Lmx1b<sup>-/-</sup> mice inhibited the enhancement of aggression under social isolation conditions. Dopamine was "],"journal":["Neuroscience bulletin"],"pagination":["841-852"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6754493"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Enhancement of Aggression Induced by Isolation Rearing is Associated with a Lack of Central Serotonin."],"pmcid":["PMC6754493"],"pubmed_authors":["Chen ZF","Sun Y","Li L","Meng X","Zhao X","Liu Y","Li Y","Wang Q","Kim JY","Pan C","Zhang Y","Luo L","Sui N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Enhancement of Aggression Induced by Isolation Rearing is Associated with a Lack of Central Serotonin.","description":"Isolation rearing (IR) enhances aggressive behavior, and the central serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system has been linked to IR-induced aggression. However, whether the alteration of central serotonin is the cause or consequence of enhanced aggression is still unknown. In the present study, using mice deficient in central serotonin Tph2<sup>-/-</sup> and Lmx1b<sup>-/-</sup>, we examined the association between central serotonin and aggression with or without social isolation. We demonstrated that central serotonergic neurons are critical for the enhanced aggression after IR. 5-HT depletion in wild-type mice increased aggression. On the other hand, application of 5-HT in Lmx1b<sup>-/-</sup> mice inhibited the enhancement of aggression under social isolation conditions. Dopamine was ","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T14:59:27.37Z","creation":"2020-10-08T07:13:10Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6754493","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30977041"],"doi":["10.1007/s12264-019-00373-w"]}}