Behavioural neuroscience: King of the castle

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 513 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.102 Author: Sian Lewis The likelihood of winning a bout of competitive behaviour is increased by past wins, and the neural circuitry underlying this crucial determinant of social rank in a group of mice is identified as a projection from the mediodorsal thalamus to the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex.
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