A Neural Circuit Driving Maternal Behaviors

Rui Lin; Yi Li; Minmin Luo

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.025

A Neural Circuit Driving Maternal Behaviors

Neuron. 2018 Apr 4;98(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.025.

Authors

Rui Lin¹, Yi Li², Minmin Luo³

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. Electronic address: linrui@nibs.ac.cn.
² National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China.
³ National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.

PMID: 29621491
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.025

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Fang et al. (2018) identified a neural circuit that connects the medial preoptic area to the ventral tegmental area as a critical pathway for pup retrieval in female mice.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Humans
Maternal Behavior*
Mice
Neurons
Preoptic Area*
Ventral Tegmental Area