Mapping a Pup-responsive Pathway from the Medial Preoptic Area to the Ventral Tegmental Area.
Maternal behavior is the complex array of caregiving behaviors females display towards offspring. In rats, the transition to motherhood depends on the action of various hormones, especially estradiol near parturition, which primes the maternal circuitry to respond to pups upon first encounter at par...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2018
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/701 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&context=masters_theses_2 |