Oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area are essential for lactation, whereas those in the lateral septum are not critical for maternal behavior.

S Hidema, K Sato, H Mizukami, Y Takahashi… - …, 2023 - karger.com
Neurons containing Tip39 are projected to the preoptic area and hypothalamus. Tip39 was
induced in lactating rats by suckling stimulation, and … part of the stria terminalis, and ventral

Unravelling the role of the ventral premammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus in female sexual behavior

CR Duro - 2021 - estudogeral.uc.pt
Projections of PMv in adult male and female rat .........................… on female sexual behavior,
such as medial preoptic area (… abolished, whereas maternal behavior and aggression toward …

The medial preoptic area and its projections to the ventral tegmental area and the periaqueductal gray are activated in response to social play behavior in juvenile rats …

C Zhao, LV Riters - Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
… well known for its role in sexual and maternal behaviors. This … -expressing projection cells)
in the MPOA and play behavior in … expression (ie, c-Fos) at the injection site, as well as in FG …

[HTML][HTML] Reorganization of perineuronal nets in the medial Preoptic Area during the reproductive cycle in female rats

N Uriarte, M Ferreño, D Méndez, J Nogueira - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
… associated neurons in the mPOA and its projection targets as … -PNN+ neurons are GABAergic
projecting neurons that express steroid … of maternal behavior and lactation, we aimed at

Sexual experience with a known male modulates c-Fos expression in response to mating and male pheromone exposure in female mice

P Marco-Manclus, RG Paredes, W Portillo - Physiology & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), the ventromedial … Black squares represent the session
in which the females … accessory olfactory bulb (AOB), medial preoptic area (MPOA, D) and …

[HTML][HTML] A scientometric approach to review the role of the medial preoptic area (MPOA) in parental behavior

A Carollo, JPM Balagtas, MJY Neoh, G Esposito - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Within this cluster, the onset of maternal behavior in rats was … brain areas (ie, the ventral bed
nucleus of the stria terminalis and … of Fos-immunoreactive (Fos-ir) neurons also express the …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral septum as a possible regulatory center of maternal behaviors

G Puska, V Szendi, A Dobolyi - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
… center for maternal motivation is the medial preoptic area (… ventral subdivision of the bed
nucleus of the stria terminalis. … different hippocampal inputs and projections serve to provide …

Medial preoptic area antagonistically mediates stress-induced anxiety and parental behavior

GW Zhang, L Shen, C Tao, AH Jung, B Peng, Z Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… c-Fos protein expression to peak after neuronal activation 23 . … , we silenced these neurons
by expressing a Cre-dependent … glutamatergic neurons, we found that these cells projected

[HTML][HTML] Effects of maternal experience on pup-induced activation of maternal neural circuits in virgin mice

HS Mayer, ZJ Rosinger, VB Kruithof, S Mishra… - … and behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
… c-Fos activation exclusively in the medial preoptic area (… suppression of avoidance behavior
through its projections to the … of small medial preoptic area lesions on maternal behavior: …

… in the Organization of a Male-Specific Neural Pathway from the Medial Preoptic Area to the Ventral Tegmental Area for Modulating Sexually Motivated Behavior

M Morishita, K Kobayashi, M Mitsuzuka… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
… Here, we describe a population of MPOA neurons that … the projection site and neurotransmitter
of Calb neurons in the … were subjected to a maternal behavior test on postpartum day 4, …