Circuit Architecture Underlying Distinct Components of Parental Care

Parental care is a key evolutionary innovation that influences the fitness of parents and offspring. How the brain coordinates such a complex behavior remains poorly understood. Kohl and colleagues recently uncovered the organizational principles of hypothalamic galanin neurons and their connections...

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Published in:Trends in neurosciences (Regular ed.) 2018-06, Vol.41 (6), p.334-336
Main Authors: Fischer, Eva K., O’Connell, Lauren A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
evolutionary neuroscience
galanin
neural circuits
parental care
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Summary:Parental care is a key evolutionary innovation that influences the fitness of parents and offspring. How the brain coordinates such a complex behavior remains poorly understood. Kohl and colleagues recently uncovered the organizational principles of hypothalamic galanin neurons and their connections in mice. Their findings revealed a striking picture in which discrete neuronal pools control distinct aspects of parental behavior.
ISSN:0166-2236
1878-108X
DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2018.04.003