Neural control of parental behaviors
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Parenting is a multicomponent social behavior that is essential for the survival of offspring in many species. Despite extensive characterization of individual brain areas involved in parental care, we do not fully understand how discrete aspects of this behavior are orchestrated at the neural circuit level. Recent progress in identifying genetically specified neuronal populations critical for parenting, and the use of genetic and viral tools for circuit-cracking now allow us to deconstruct the underlying circuitry and, thus, to elucidate how different aspects of parental care are controlled. Here we review the latest advances, outline possible organizational principles of parental circuits and discuss future challenges.
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The emergence of different aspects of maternal behavior relies on experience-dependent changes within the maternal brain that enable the processing of sensory cues from the newborn.
“the emergence of different aspects of maternal behavior relies on experience-dependent changes within the maternal brain that enable the processing of sensory cues from the newborn”
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- Authors
- Kohl, J., & Dulac, C.
- Affiliations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dulac, Catherine
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-04
- Volume
- 49
- Pages
- 116-122
- ISSN
- 0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6029232
- OpenAlex
- W2792461515
- Cited by
- 136
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7
- FWCI
- 1.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH (1R01HD082131-01A1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Keywords
- parental behavior, parenting, neural circuits, neuronal populations, social behavior, genetic instruments
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Female, Humans, Male, Neural Pathways, Neurons, Parenting
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