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PVN-mPFC OT projections modulate pup-directed pup care or attacking in virgin mandarin volesPreprint

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Astrocytic Hydrogen Sulfide Regulates Supraoptic Cellular Activity in the Adaptive Response of Lactating Rats to Chronic Social Stress

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Neuroendocrine mechanisms of social bonds and separation stress in rodents, dogs, and other species

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Neuropeptides affecting social behavior in mammals: Oxytocin

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Proteomic Analysis of the Maternal Preoptic Area in Rats

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Oxytocin in the dorsal raphe nucleus antagonizes the inhibition of maternal care induced by food deprivation

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Oxytocin Neurons Enable Social Transmission of Maternal Behavior

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Impaired microglia-mediated synaptic pruning in the nucleus accumbens during adolescence results in persistent dysregulation of familiar, but not novel social interactions in sex-specific waysPreprint

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Providing or receiving alloparental care promote partner preference and alter central oxytocin and dopamine systems in adult mandarin voles

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The Role of Oxytocin in Parental Care

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Plasticity of the parental brain

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Neural circuits for mammalian parental behaviour

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The Parental Brain in Humans

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Hormonal Control of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0003 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Neuroendocrinology of social buffering in group living animals

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Parental Behavior

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0002 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Integrative neural mechanisms for social communication of learned vocal behavior

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Brain‐Wide Patterns of CRF Receptor 1 Expression in the Transgenic CRFR1‐Cre‐2a‐tdTom Rat

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Oxytocin bonds between human and dog

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Introduction

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Central Neural Circuits Regulating Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0005 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Alloparental Behavior and Paternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals

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Tickling of rats is associated with positive affective states, but does not replicate juvenile social play regarding the involvement of central oxytocin and vasopressin systemsPreprint

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Astrocytes control oxytocin-based maternal behavior via connexin 30Preprint

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Evolutionary Perspectives on the Parental Brain

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0011

Anxiety Reduction and Maternal Aggression in Postpartum Nonhuman Mammals

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0006

Development of the Parental Brain in Nonhuman Mammals

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0009

Development of the Parental Brain in Humans

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0010

Brain Mechanisms Regulating Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.003.0004

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The neurogenetic background of parental care

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Adjusting and validating a procedure for parenteral anaesthesia in neonatal mice

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Preface

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.002.0006

Copyright Page

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.002.0003

Abbreviations Used for Major Brain Regions

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.002.0007

Dedication

Numan, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780190848675.002.0004

Seeds of research gifted by children

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PVN-mPFC OT projections modulates pup-directed pup care or attacking in virgin mandarin volesPreprint

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Effect of the neonicotinoid pesticide clothianidin at a no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) dose on maternal behavior in pregnant mice and their female offspring

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Maternal Experience-Driven Changes In Oxytocin Neuron Co-Localization With Crf Receptors In The Hypothalamus Of Mice

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Neural circuits that suppress parental behavior in adult laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) and mice (Mus musculus)

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The Regulation Mechanisms of Oxytocin in the Initiation of Parenting Behaviors

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Étude électrophysiologique et bi-photonique des modifications du traitement des signaux de communication dans le cortex auditif chez des souris mères n’exprimant pas de canaux endolysosomaux « two-pore channels » (TPC)

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Études du rôle des protéines astrocytaires pannexines et connexines dans la physiopathologie de l'épilepsie et le comportement

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