Prompting social investigation

Emma Keppler; Susanna Molas

doi:10.7554/eLife.99363

Prompting social investigation

Elife. 2024 Jun 12:13:e99363. doi: 10.7554/eLife.99363.

Authors

Emma Keppler^{1

2}, Susanna Molas^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.
² Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.
³ Crnic Institute Boulder Branch, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.

Abstract

A social memory pathway connecting the ventral hippocampus, the lateral septum and the ventral tegmental area helps to regulate how mice react to unknown individuals.

Keywords: behavior; lateral septum; mouse; neuroscience; social investigation; ventral hippocampus; ventral tegmental area.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Hippocampus / physiology
Memory / physiology
Mice
Social Behavior*
Ventral Tegmental Area / physiology