Sex and Violence Are Closely Linked in the Brain

For Valentine's Day....Science Proves Sex and Violence Are Closely Linked in the Brain

In summary:
Researchers at New York University have discovered that the cells responsible for aggressive behavior in the brains of mice  are suppressed during mating.  They identified the neurons in mice that that responsible for aggression and genetically modified them to respond to a blue light; when stimulated these, they noticed the mice became aggressive, attacking other mice and inanimate objects.  However, they also discovered that a number of cell types important for mating inhibited related aggression cells when the mice had sex.

Posted by Franki Simms