| Just say NO (or
yes?) to aggression
In mice, nitric
oxide in the brain may both inhibit and encourage aggression.
References:
Demas, G.E. . .
. S.C. Gammie, R.J. Nelson, et al. 1999. Elimination of
aggressive behavior in male mice lacking endothelial nitric synthase. Journal
of Neuroscience. Available at http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/19/RC30.
Gammie, S.C.,
and R.J. Nelson. 1999. Maternal aggression is reduced in neuronal
nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice. Journal of Neuroscience
19(Sept. 15):8027.
Sources:
Gregory E. Demas
Georgia State University
Departments of Psychology and Biology
Atlanta, GA 30303
Stephen C.
Gammie
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Psychology
Baltimore, MD 21218
Randy J. Nelson
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Psychology
Baltimore, MD 21218
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 15, October 9, 1999, p. 239. Copyright © 1999,
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