Sentence examples for modulating aggression from inspiring English sources

Thus, recent studies have been designed to characterize the role of other neuroendocrine factors in modulating aggression.

To determine if the FruM/OA neuronal subset also plays a role in modulating aggression we tested dTdc2-Gal4/UAS-fruMIR males in the fight chamber and found that all components, including latency to fight, encounter number, and numbers of lunges by winners were similar to wildtype (Fig. 3A C).

For example, paternal silencing (or partial silencing) of the patrigene could reduce overall gene expression levels, thereby modulating aggression in workers.

It is suggested that play may modulate aggression, following the establishment of a dominance relationship, and may serve an immediate prosocial function to prepare aggressive infant hyaenas for integration into the clan.

We suggest that males actively advertise their dominant status through urinary odorants which may act as a 'dominance' pheromone to modulate aggression in rivals, thereby contributing to social stability within the lek.

The role of 5-HT in canine aggression is further supported by two small clinical studies, where pharmacological or dietary intervention in the 5-HT system was shown to modulate aggressive behavior (DeNapoli et al. 2000; Dodman et al. 1996).

In this paper, we provide a review of the literature on testosterone and human aggression with a main focus on the role of testosterone dynamics in modulating reactive aggression.

But because Ms. Winfrey never sounds just one note, she turned in an uncanny performance, modulating her aggression with such finesse that she seemed to be the penitent one, and not the one with the whip hand.

These findings demonstrate an interaction between two phylogenetically conserved behaviors, and suggest that previous sleep experiences strongly modulate aggression with consequences for reproductive fitness.

Regarding dopamine, neurons projecting to the dorsal fan-shaped body control sleep (Ueno et al., 2012; Wu et al., 2012), and a number of distinct clusters modulate aggression, including PPM3 and T1 neurons (Alekseyenko et al., 2013).

While the role of neurotransmitters in mediating and modulating levels of aggression is clear, little is known about other genes and pathways affecting aggression.