Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice

  • Kansai Fukumitsu,
  • Misato Kaneko,
  • Teppo Maruyama,
  • Chihiro Yoshihara,
  • Arthur J. Huang,
  • Thomas J. McHugh,
  • Shigeyoshi Itohara,
  • Minoru Tanaka,
  • Kumi O. Kuroda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28131-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The mechanisms coordinating the sensing and seeking of social contacts are unclear. Here, the authors show that amylin-calcitonin receptor signalling in the media preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice.