Distinct preoptic-BST nuclei dissociate paternal and infanticidal behavior in mice

EMBO Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 2652-2670

  Tsuneoka, Yousuke ^a,b   Tokita, Kenichi ^a   Yoshihara, Chihiro ^a   Amano, Taiju ^a,c   Esposito, Gianluca ^a,d,e   Huang, Arthur J ^a   Yu, Lily M ^a   Odaka, Yuri ^a   Shinozuka, Kazutaka ^a   McHugh, Thomas J ^a   Kuroda, Kumi O ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

fatherhood; maternal behavior; Mus musculus; parental care

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHARMACOGENETICS; PREOPTIC BED NUCLEI OF STRIA TERMINALIS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; GABAERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MICE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 84946492043     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201591942     Document Type: Article

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