Aggression: How the anterior cingulate cortex helps to ensure a fair fight

Lauren A Crew; Herbert E Covington 3rd; James M Hyman

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.024

Aggression: How the anterior cingulate cortex helps to ensure a fair fight

Curr Biol. 2021 Jun 7;31(11):R716-R718. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.024.

Authors

Lauren A Crew¹, Herbert E Covington 3rd², James M Hyman³

Affiliations

¹ Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
² Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34102118
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.024

Abstract

Violent behavior is the product of a diverse network of neural structures. A new study shows that the anterior cingulate cortex is important for helping to restrain overly aggressive acts, even within a fight, to ensure animals match their behavioral intensity with the challenge posed by their opponents.

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MeSH terms

Aggression*
Animals
Gyrus Cinguli*