Neurons grow and shrink across the female reproductive cycle (IMAGE)

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

Neurons grow and shrink across the female reproductive cycle

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Certain neurons in the brains of female mice change their structure across the reproductive cycle, gaining higher complexity during the receptive phase.

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Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown - Lima Lab (data); Diogo Matias (design).

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