Videos

Mapping aggression circuits in the brain
March 10, 2015 | Science News

Dr. Anderson on Charlie Rose

To Study Aggression, a Fight Club for Flies
ScienceTake: Fight Club for Flies
February 3, 2014 | The New York Times

Dr. Anderson accepts Ice Bucket Challenge from Larry Zipursky at UCLA

A Mouse Switch Turns Off Appetite
ScienceTake: The Appetite Off Switch
August 12, 2014 | The New York Times

To Study Aggression, a Fight Club for Flies
ScienceTake: Fight Club for Flies
February 3, 2014 | The New York Times

David Anderson at TEDxCaltech
"Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals"
January 18, 2013 | TEDxCaltech

Mice have 'massage neurons'
Nerve cells that detect gentle touch in mice are a hit with cats too.
January 31, 2013 

David Anderson on Charlie Rose
May 26, 2010 | Charlie Rose - The Brain Series

Other Resources

Anderson Lab's work on KQED Science

• These Fighting Fruit Flies Are Superheroes of Brain Science 
  KQED Science, March 28, 2017

Anderson Lab's work on BBC News

• How our brains can control our emotions 
  BBC News, Summer 2014

Anderson Lab's article on The Dana Foundation

• Why Studies of Fighting Fruit Flies are Relevant to Understanding Human Aggression 
  The Dana Foundation, Summer 2014

Anderson Lab's work on BBC News

• Brain cells can suppress appetite, study in mice shows 
  BBC News, Summer 2014

Anderson Lab's work on aggression on MIT Technology Review

• Optogenetics and genomic tools make it possible to pinpoint the source of memory, consciousness, and emotions. 
  MIT Technology Review, Summer 2014

Anderson, Perona and Dickinson
Fly behavior collaboration articles

• Sex, Flies, and Videotape 
  Engineering & Science, Fall 2010
• Behaviour: Flies on film
  Nature, 462, 562-564 (2009)

Hypothalamic aggression news

• Sex and violence linked in the brain 
  Scientific American, February 9, 2011
• Small part of brain itching for a fight 
  Scienc News, February 9, 2011

Fear circuits in the brain

• Delicate Balance in the Brain Controls Fear 
  Science Daily, November 11, 2010

David Anderson at LA County Museum of Natural History

• Emotion Circuits in Model Organisms, or Do Flies Have Feelings? 
  March 5, 2010