Why moms take risks to protect their infants

(RIKEN) It might seem like a given than mothers take extra risks to protect their children, but have you ever wondered why? A new study led by Kumi Kuroda at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan shows that in mice, this and other nurturing behaviors are driven in part by neurons in a small part of the forebrain that contain a protein called the calcitonin receptor. The study was published in Cell Reports.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news