Peripeduncular nucleus lesions in the rat: I. Effects on maternal aggression, lactation, and maternal behavior during pre- and postpartum periods.

Brain basis of early parent–infant interactions: psychology, physiology, and <i>in vivo</i> functional neuroimaging studies

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A potential role for thalamocingulate circuitry in human maternal behavior

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Sensory, hormonal, and neural control of maternal aggression in laboratory rodents

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Limbic system fos expression associated with paternal behavior

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The pedunculopontine nucleus area: critical evaluation of interspecies differences relevant for its use as a target for deep brain stimulation

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Site and behavioral specificity of periaqueductal gray lesions on postpartum sexual, maternal, and aggressive behaviors in rats

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cFOS and pCREB activation and maternal aggression in mice

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Neural circuitry for maternal oxytocin release induced by infant cries

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Current Models and Future Directions for Understanding the Neural Circuitries of Maternal Behaviors in Rodents

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Somatosensory Contributions to c-fosActivation within the Caudal Periaqueductal Gray of Lactating Rats: Effects of Perioral, Rooting, and Suckling Stimuli from Pups

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Tracing from the dorsal premammillary nucleus prosencephalic systems involved in the organization of innate fear responses

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Tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39 residues is activated during lactation and participates in the suckling-induced prolactin release in rat

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Measuring stress responses in postpartum mothers: Perspectives from studies in human and animal populations

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Arousal Regulation, Emotional Flexibility, Medial Amygdala Function, and the Impact of Early Experience: Comments on the Paper of Lewis <i>et al.</i>

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Ventral premammillary nucleus as a critical sensory relay to the maternal aggression network

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Sex, hormones and affective arousal circuitry dysfunction in schizophrenia

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Thalamic integration of social stimuli regulating parental behavior and the oxytocin system

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Identification of neuronal input to the arcuate nucleus (ARH) activated during lactation: implications in the activation of neuropeptide Y neurons

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A thalamo-preoptic pathway promotes social grooming in rodents

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Tuning the brain for motherhood: prolactin-like central signalling in virgin, pregnant, and lactating female mice

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Maternal Behavior in Rats With Kainic Acid-Induced Lesions of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus

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Social instigation and aggression in postpartum female rats: role of 5-Ht1A and 5-Ht1B receptors in the dorsal raphé nucleus and prefrontal cortex

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Novel Potential Regulators of Maternal Adaptations During Lactation: Tuberoinfundibular Peptide 39 and Amylin

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A direct neuronal connection between the subparafascicular and ventrolateral arcuate nuclei in non-lactating female rats. Could this pathway play a role in the suckling-induced prolactin release?

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Altered neural connectivity in adult female rats exposed to early life social stress

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Maternal Absence of the Parathyroid Hormone 2 Receptor Affects Postnatal Pup Development

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Suckling-induced activation of neuronal input to the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus: possible candidates for mediating the activation of DMH neuropeptide Y neurons during lactation

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Dorsolateral columns of the spinal cord are necessary for both suckling-induced neuroendocrine reflexes and the kyphotic nursing posture in lactating rats

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High nursing demand reduces depression-like behavior despite increasing glucocorticoid concentrations and reducing hippocampal neurogenesis in late postpartum rats

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Social Interaction Elicits Activity in Glutamatergic Neurons in the Posterior Intralaminar Complex of the Thalamus

Leithead, A. B., Godino, A., Barbier, M., & Harony-Nicolas, H. (2024) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.05.016 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Maternal Aggression

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Decreased maternal behavior and anxiety in ephrin‐A5−/− mice

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Neuronal activation associated with paternal and aversive interactions toward pups in the Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

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Sensory, Hormonal, and Neural Basis of Maternal Aggression in Rodents

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The influences of sex, rearing environment, and neonatal choline dietary supplementation on spatial and nonspatial learning and memory in adult rats

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The lateral thalamus: a bridge between multisensory processing and naturalistic behaviors

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Neural circuitry for maternal oxytocin release induced by infant criesPreprint

Valtcheva, S., Issa, H. A., Bair-Marshall, C. J., et al. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.03.25.436883 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Comparison of the connectivity of the posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleus and peripeduncular nucleus in rats and mice

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Maternal Behaviors: Central Integration or Independent Parallel Circuits? Theoretical Comment on Popeski and Woodside (2004).

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A Distinct Circuit for Biasing Visual Perceptual Decisions and Modulating Superior Colliculus Activity through the Mouse Posterior Striatum

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Affective, Cognitive, and Motivational Processes of Maternal Care

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Social Interaction Elicits Activity in Glutamatergic Neurons in the Posterior Intralaminar Complex of the ThalamusPreprint

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Fos expression in the prefrontal cortex and mesencephalic dorsal raphe nucleus in lactating rats after social instigation.

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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

Parental Behavior

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

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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Papel do hipotálamo ventromedial e da parte tuberal do hipotálamo lateral no comportamento de agressão maternal.

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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

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

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Dedication

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

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The Relationship Between Aggression and Physical Disease in Dogs

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