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Why mother rats protect their children

The presence of the hormone oxytocin in the central amygdala makes a mother rat willing to put her life in danger in order to protect her offspring.

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Autores principales: Meyza, Ksenia Z, Knapska, Ewelina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28606305
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28514
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spelling pubmed-54696132017-06-15 Why mother rats protect their children Meyza, Ksenia Z Knapska, Ewelina eLife Neuroscience The presence of the hormone oxytocin in the central amygdala makes a mother rat willing to put her life in danger in order to protect her offspring. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5469613/ /pubmed/28606305 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28514 Text en © 2017, Meyza et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469613/
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