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SUBMITTER: Kohl J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5908752 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kohl Johannes J Babayan Benedicte M BM Rubinstein Nimrod D ND Autry Anita E AE Marin-Rodriguez Brenda B Kapoor Vikrant V Miyamishi Kazunari K Zweifel Larry S LS Luo Liqun L Uchida Naoshige N Dulac Catherine C
Nature 20180411 7701
Parenting is essential for the survival and wellbeing of mammalian offspring. However, we lack a circuit-level understanding of how distinct components of this behaviour are coordinated. Here we investigate how galanin-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area (MPOA<sup>Gal</sup>) of the hypothalamus coordinate motor, motivational, hormonal and social aspects of parenting in mice. These neurons integrate inputs from a large number of brain areas and the activation of these inputs depends on ...[more]