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The nexus of sex and violence

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In mice, brain neurons that respond during either mating or aggression exhibit spatial overlap, and some even respond during both. This may help to explain the relationship between sex and violence in human behaviour. See Article p.221

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  1. Clifford B. Saper is in the Department of Neurology, and Division of Sleep Medicine, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,

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Saper, C. The nexus of sex and violence. Nature 470, 179–181 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470179a

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