Gradient of Parvalbumin- and Somatostatin-Expressing Interneurons Across Cingulate Cortex Is Differentially Linked to Aggression and Sociability in BALB/cJ Mice

Successfully navigating social interactions requires the precise and balanced integration of emotional and cognitive cues. When such flexible information integration fails, maladaptive behavioral patterns arise, including excessive aggression, empathy deficits and social withdrawal, as seen in disorders such as conduct disorder and autism spectrum disorder. One of the main hubs for the context-dependent regulation of behavior is cingulate...