Hypothalamic plasticity for alloparenting in male mice
Repeated exposure to young can induce caregiving in virgin female mice, a phenomenon known as pup sensitization, but whether virgin males can similarly acquire parental behavior and the neural mechanisms underlying this transition remain unclear. We show that 7 days of continuous pup exposure reliably converts virgin adult male mice to a parental state. This transition requires calcitonin…
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