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An oxytocin-gated circuit from the hypothalamus silences olfactory tubercle neurons to drive prosocial grooming
YanBiao Zhong, Jian Yang, Yize Qi…·Yun Feng Zhang
The paper identifies an oxytocinergic circuit from the paraventricular hypothalamus to the medial olfactory tubercle that drives prosocial grooming in mice by inhibiting mOT neurons via OXTR and GIRK channels.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.27.714758