Behavior: Oxytocin Promotes Fearless Motherhood

Lior Cohen¹, Mouna Maroun², Shlomo Wagner³

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¹ Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
² Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBR), University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
³ Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBR), University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel. Electronic address: shlomow@research.haifa.ac.il.

PMID: 29689212
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.063

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Behavior: Oxytocin Promotes Fearless Motherhood

Lior Cohen et al. Curr Biol. 2018.

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. 2018 Apr 23;28(8):R359-R361.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.063.

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Lior Cohen¹, Mouna Maroun², Shlomo Wagner³

Affiliations

¹ Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
² Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBR), University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
³ Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBR), University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel. Electronic address: shlomow@research.haifa.ac.il.

PMID: 29689212
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.063

Abstract

In mammals, lactating mothers show reduced fear and anxiety. A new study reveals the way by which the lactation-inducing neuropeptide oxytocin attenuates social fear in lactating female mice by inhibiting activity in a single brain area.

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