Antagonistic circuits mediating infanticide and maternal care in female mice

In many species, including mice, female animals show markedly different pup-directed behaviours based on their reproductive state 1 , 2 . Naive wild female mice often kill pups, while lactating female mice are dedicated to pup caring 3 , 4 . The neural mechanisms that mediate infanticide and its swi...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 618; no. 7967; pp. 1006 - 1016
Main Authors:	Mei, Long, Yan, Rongzhen, Yin, Luping, Sullivan, Regina M., Lin, Dayu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.06.2023 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	13/51 631/378/3919 631/378/3920 64/60 9/74 Animals Behavior Brain ESR1 protein Estrogen receptors Excitability Female Females Humanities and Social Sciences Hypothalamus Hypotheses Infanticide Laboratories Lactation Maternal behavior Maternal Behavior - physiology Mice multidisciplinary Neural Pathways - physiology Preoptic area Preoptic area (medial) Preoptic Area - cytology Preoptic Area - physiology Reproductive behavior Science Science (multidisciplinary) Stria terminalis Thalamus - cytology Thalamus - physiology
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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