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Oxytocin signaling in the medial amygdala is required for sex discrimination of social cues

The neural control of social behaviors in rodents requires the encoding of pheromonal cues by the vomeronasal system. Here we show that the typical preference of male mice for females is eliminated in mutants lacking oxytocin, a neuropeptide modulating social behaviors in many species. Ablation of t...

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Publicado en:eLife
Main Authors: Yao, Shenqin, Bergan, Joseph, Lanjuin, Anne, Dulac, Catherine
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768418/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29231812
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.31373
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