Neuronal Clusters in Virgin Female Mouse Preoptic Region (IMAGE)

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Neuronal Clusters in Virgin Female Mouse Preoptic Region

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Neuronal activities for specific social behaviors map to a few cell clusters in the mouse hypothalamus preoptic region. For example, the same cluster of neurons (inside the blue square at upper right) is preferentially activated in virgin females, mothers and fathers displaying parenting behavior when exposed to mouse pups. In situ hybridization of telltale marker genes revealed the clusters in a virgin female preoptic region in image above.

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Drs. Catherine Dulac, Xiaowei Zhuang, and colleagues, Harvard University

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