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Oxytocin Enables Maternal Behavior by Balancing Cortical Inhibition

Oxytocin is important for social interactions and maternal behavior. However, little is known about when, where, and how oxytocin modulates neural circuits to improve social cognition. Here we show how oxytocin enables pup retrieval behavior in female mice by enhancing auditory cortical pup call res...

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Autores principales: Marlin, Bianca J., Mitre, Mariela, D’amour, James A., Chao, Moses V., Froemke, Robert C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25874674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14402