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The neurobiology of parenting and infant-evoked aggression.
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- Neural circuits for mammalian parental behaviour.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Analysis of reproductive behavior in male pigeons in the White Mirthys and Egyptian Baladi breeds injected with testosterone propionate.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Perinatal women dominantly protect-rather than submissively cede-resources when interacting with threatening-looking others.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2026Article
- A prolactin-receptive neural circuit drives maternal interactions with pups in mice.Science advances · 2026Article
- Simultaneous Recordings of Neuronal Activities, Pup Calls, and Maternal Behaviors in Lactating Mice.eNeuro · 2026Article
- The hormonal and neural control of maternal aggression.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026Review
- An evolutionary shift to prioritizing mating over care is associated with consistently high androgen levels in male threespine stickleback.Hormones and behavior · 2026Article
- Cell Type-Specific Hormonal Signaling Configures Hypothalamic Circuits for Parenting.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Neural plasticity supporting parental behaviors.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Strong but diffuse genetic divergence underlies differentiation in an incipient species of marine stickleback.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Concerted actions of distinct serotonin neurons orchestrate female pup care behavior.Research square · 2025Article
- Early Life Social Isolation Dysregulates Social Reward Processing, BDNF Signaling, and Intracellular Vesicular Sorting in the Nucleus Accumbens of Male and Female Rats.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Article
- Concerted actions of distinct serotonin neurons orchestrate female pup care behavior.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Neuronal Properties in the Lateral Habenula and Adult-Newborn Interactions in Virgin Female and Male Mice.eNeuro · 2025Article
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Abstract
Parenting behavior comprises a variety of adult-infant and adult-adult interactions across multiple timescales. The state transition from nonparent to parent requires an extensive reorganization of individual priorities and physiology and is facilitated by combinatorial hormone action on specific cell types that are integrated throughout interconnected and brainwide neuronal circuits. In this review, we take a comprehensive approach to integrate historical and current literature on each of these topics across multiple species, with a focus on rodents. New and emerging molecular, circuit-based, and computational technologies have recently been used to address outstanding gaps in our current framework of knowledge on infant-directed behavior. This work is raising fundamental questions about the interplay between instinctive and learned components of parenting and the mutual regulation of affiliative versus agonistic infant-directed behaviors in health and disease. Whenever possible, we point to how these technologies have helped gain novel insights and opened new avenues of research into the neurobiology of parenting. We hope this review will serve as an introduction for those new to the field, a comprehensive resource for those already studying parenting, and a guidepost for designing future studies.
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