Brain region plays key role in regulation of parenting behavior, study finds

This study establishes a previously unknown, essential role of the amygdala in regulating parenting behavior. These new findings in mice contribute to scientists ’ understanding of parenting and other social behaviors in humans.Dean IshidaWeizhe HongAUTHORSThe study ’s senior author is Weizhe Hong, an assistant professor of biological chemistry and of neurobiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The first author is Patrick Chen, a postdoctoral fellow in the Hong lab. The other authors are Rongfeng Hu, Ye Emily Wu, Lin Pan, Shan Huang and Pau l Micevych, all of UCLA.JOURNALThe study appeared in the journal Cell.FUNDINGThe study was supported by National Institutes of Health, Whitehall Foundation, Brain& Behavior Research Foundation, a Sloan Research Fellowship, a Searle Scholars Award, a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award, Brain Research Foundation, and a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering.
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