Social Touch Suppresses Aggression via Thalamic Mechanisms
Tamás Láng, Botond Bendeguz Drahos, Fanni Dóra, David W. Keller, Ingrid Csordas, Vivien Szendi, Gina Puska, Valery Grinevich, Árpád Dobolyi
The paper identifies a thalamic-hypothalamic circuit mediating social touch suppression of aggression in rodents using chemogenetic and optogenetic manipulations.
bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience