NeuronAnimalsInterneuronsMiceFemaleSex Characteristics
PV interneurons gate sex-specific winner effects.
Xinli Song, Yu Chen, Kun Li
Published: 202510.1016/j.neuron.2025.11.025
Abstract
Winner effects, where past victories enhance success, shape competition. In this issue of Neuron, Zheng et al.1 show that female mice form hierarchies with weaker winner effects because prefrontal interneurons limit thalamic-prefrontal synaptic stren…
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