Ioana and Robert join TWiN to discuss their work demonstrating that rodents acquire maternal behavior by social transmission from an experienced mother to a virgin female how to care for a litter via endogenous oxytocin.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Timothy Cheung
Guests: Ioana Carcea and Robert Froemke
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- Oxytocin neurons and social transmission of behavior (Nature) 4:28
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