Oxytocin Neurons Enable Social Transmission of Maternal Behavior
Ioana Carcea, Naomi López Caraballo, Bianca Jones Marlin, Rumi Ooyama, Justin S. Riceberg, Joyce M. Mendoza Navarro, Maya M. Opendak, Veronica E. Diaz, Luisa Schuster, Maria I. Alvarado Torres, Harper Lethin, Daniel Ramos, Jessica L. Minder, Sebastian L. Mendoza, Shizu Hidema, , Robert C. Froemke
The paper shows that social interactions between mother mice and virgin mice activate oxytocin neurons, enabling the virgins to acquire maternal behavior through social transmission.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience