Neural circuitry for maternal oxytocin release induced by infant cries

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that is important for maternal physiology and childcare, including parturition and milk ejection during nursing 1 – 6 . Suckling triggers the release of oxytocin, but other sensory cues—specifically, infant cries—can increase the levels of oxytocin in new human mothers 7 ,...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 621; no. 7980; pp. 788 - 795
Main Authors:	Valtcheva, Silvana, Issa, Habon A., Bair-Marshall, Chloe J., Martin, Kathleen A., Jung, Kanghoon, Zhang, Yiyao, Kwon, Hyung-Bae, Froemke, Robert C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.09.2023 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	14/35 631/378/3919 631/378/3920 631/443/376 64/60 9/74 Animals Bats Calling behavior Cues Female Gates (circuits) Hormones Humanities and Social Sciences Hypothalamus Hypothalamus - cytology Hypothalamus - physiology Infants Maternal behavior Maternal Behavior - physiology Mice multidisciplinary Neural networks Neural Pathways Neurons Neurons - metabolism Offspring Oxytocin Oxytocin - metabolism Parturition Photometry Rabies Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sensory integration Suckling behavior Thalamic Nuclei - physiology Thalamus Vocalization, Animal - physiology Wakefulness
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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