ReviewTrends in neurosciences2019
Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Neural Substrates of Parental Care.
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38 citing papers in PubMed.
- Neural circuits for mammalian parental behaviour.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- No detectable effect of P2 neurons on female post-mating changes in sleep and feeding inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Scent of a father: Paternal body odors boost interbrain synchrony.Science advances · 2026Article
- Simultaneous Recordings of Neuronal Activities, Pup Calls, and Maternal Behaviors in Lactating Mice.eNeuro · 2026Article
- Natural variations in maternal behavior shape anxiety and hippocampal neurogenesis in offspring.Life science alliance · 2026Article
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- Paternal behavior is controlled by preoptic Trpc5 neurons.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A lethal incident during an intergroup encounter in bonobos.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A genetic switch turns off parental behaviour and drives infanticide in male striped mice.Nature · 2026Article
- A holistic review of fatherhood in humans and non-human animals: mechanisms of fatherhood, effects on fathers themselves, and interactions of fathers with others.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Review
- Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Early life stress and altered social behaviors: A perspective across species.Neuroscience research · 2025Review
- Young adults' desired life tradeoffs: love first, sex last.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Anxious about rejection, avoidant of neglect: Infant marmosets tune their attachment based on individual caregiver's parenting style.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Imprinted genes and the manipulation of parenting in mammals.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2023Review
- Inadequate care and excessive overprotection during childhood are associated with the presence of diabetes mellitus in adulthood in a general Japanese population: a cross-sectional analysis from the Hisayama Study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2023Article
- The parenting hub of the hypothalamus is a focus of imprinted gene action.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- A circuit from the locus coeruleus to the anterior cingulate cortex modulates offspring interactions in mice.Cell reports · 2023Article
- Parental experience is linked with lower vasopressin receptor 1a binding and decreased postpartum androgens in titi monkeys.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2023Article
- First-time fathers show longitudinal gray matter cortical volume reductions: evidence from two international samples.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Parental care is essential for the survival of offspring in altricial mammalian species. However, in most mammals, virgin females tend to avoid or attack infants. Moreover, most males demonstrate avoidance and aggression toward infants, and have little to no involvement in parental care. What mechanisms suppress avoidance, and support approach towards pups, to promote maternal care? In biparental and cooperatively breeding species, what mechanisms allow nonmothers (i.e., fathers and alloparents) to demonstrate parental care? In this review we consider the mechanisms that subserve parental care in mothers, fathers, and others (i.e., alloparents). We emphasize recent discoveries and research trends with particular emphasis on neuroendocrinology, neuroplasticity, transcriptomics, and epigenetics. Finally, we consider outstanding questions and outline opportunities for future research.
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