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Hypothalamic plasticity for alloparenting in male mice
Patrick T. O’Neill, Rongzhen Yan, Yifan Wang…·Dayu Lin
This study shows that repeated pup exposure converts virgin male mice to a parental state via calcitonin receptor-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.21.760822