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A Hypothalamic Midbrain Pathway Essential for Driving Maternal Behaviors.
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- Neural circuits for mammalian parental behaviour.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
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- Mesolimbic dopamine signaling mediates increased hedonic feeding and food seeking in lactating mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Paternal behavior is controlled by preoptic Trpc5 neurons.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The neural control of infanticide and parental behaviors in male mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- How Imprinted Genes Shape Nurturing Behaviours and Neural Circuits.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2026Review
- Appetitive maternal behavior in mice is resistant to perinatal chronic variable stress and perinatal chronic corticosterone treatment.Hormones and behavior · 2026Article
- Cell Type-Specific Hormonal Signaling Configures Hypothalamic Circuits for Parenting.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Neural plasticity supporting parental behaviors.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Context rescales a social action code in a hormone-sensitive network.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Neuroendocrine Regulation and Neural Circuitry of Parenthood: Integrating Neuropeptides, Brain Receptors, and Maternal Behavior.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Dopamine dynamics underlying maternal motivation and reward.Neuroscience research · 2025Review
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Abstract
Maternal behaviors are essential for the survival of the young. Previous studies implicated the medial preoptic area (MPOA) as an important region for maternal behaviors, but details of the maternal circuit remain incompletely understood. Here we identify estrogen receptor alpha (Esr1)-expressing cells in the MPOA as key mediators of pup approach and retrieval. Reversible inactivation of MPOA
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