A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets

Kazutaka Shinozuka; Saori Yano-Nashimoto; Chihiro Yoshihara; Kenichi Tokita; Takuma Kurachi; Ryosuke Matsui; Dai Watanabe; Ken-ichi Inoue; Masahiko Takada; Keiko Moriya-Ito; Hironobu Tokuno; Michael Numan; Atsuko Saito; Kumi O. Kuroda

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04166-2

Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets

Kazutaka Shinozuka,
Saori Yano-Nashimoto,
Chihiro Yoshihara,
Kenichi Tokita,
Takuma Kurachi,
Ryosuke Matsui,
Dai Watanabe,
Ken-ichi Inoue,
Masahiko Takada,
Keiko Moriya-Ito,
Hironobu Tokuno,
Michael Numan,
Atsuko Saito,
Kumi O. Kuroda

Affiliations

Kazutaka Shinozuka: Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Saori Yano-Nashimoto: Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Chihiro Yoshihara: Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Kenichi Tokita: Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Takuma Kurachi: Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Ryosuke Matsui: Department of Biological Sciences, Kyoto University
Dai Watanabe: Department of Biological Sciences, Kyoto University
Ken-ichi Inoue: Systems Neuroscience Section, Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University
Masahiko Takada: Systems Neuroscience Section, Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University
Keiko Moriya-Ito: Department of Brain & Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Hironobu Tokuno: Department of Brain & Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Michael Numan: Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
Atsuko Saito: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University
Kumi O. Kuroda: Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04166-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Like humans, marmoset caregivers exhibit individual parenting styles. Among these, infant tolerance is in part regulated by a subregion of the medial preoptic area enriched with calcitonin receptor-expressing neurons.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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