From wild to mild: Friendly foxes show changes in brain region
- Scientists studying the neurology of tame foxes identified changes in a part of the brain that has previously been associated with aggression, according to a new paper that compared the brains of domesticated, aggressive and wild foxes.
- The changes occurred in an area at the base of the brain called ventromedial hypothalamus, which is known to drive aggression, control decisions related to energy use and is important for maternal instincts and social behaviors in mice.
- Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou with a tame silver fox.
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- Scientists studying the neurology of tame foxes identified changes in a part of the brain that has previously been associated with aggression, according to a new paper that compared the brains of domesticated, aggressive and wild foxes.
- The changes occurred in an area at the base of the brain called ventromedial hypothalamus, which is known to drive aggression, control decisions related to energy use and is important for maternal instincts and social behaviors in mice.
- Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou with a tame silver fox.
Sources: Cornell