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Why mother rats protect their children

Ksenia Z Meyza1, Ewelina Knapska1

  • 1Laboratory of Emotions Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.

Elife
|June 14, 2017
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The presence of the hormone oxytocin in the central amygdala makes a mother rat willing to put her life in danger in order to protect her offspring.

Keywords:
freezinglearningmaternal behaviorneuroscienceratsocial interactions

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