Year: 2018
Type: review
Abstract: Parenting is a multicomponent social behavior that is essential for the survival of offspring in many species. Despite extensive characterization of individual brain areas involved in parental care, we do not fully understand how discrete aspects of this behavior are orchestrated at the neural circuit level. Recent progress in identifying genetically specified neuronal populations critical for parenting, and the use of genetic and viral tools for circuit-cracking now allow us to deconstruct the underlying circuitry and, thus, to elucidate how different aspects of parental care are controlled. Here we review the latest advances, outline possible organizational principles of parental circuits and discuss future challenges.
Source: Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Authors: Johannes Kohl, Catherine Dulac
Institutions: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,320
Funders: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Francis Crick Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
OpenAlex ID: W2792461515