Neurons of Love (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Neurons of Love

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A newly discovered type of brain cell responds to oxytocin and so regulates female mice's interest in males, but only when the females are in heat. These star-shaped neurons are shown within a brain region called the medial prefrontal cortex.

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Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University

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