Oxytocin inhibits infanticide in female house mice (Mus domesticus)
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2018, Physiology and BehaviorCitation Excerpt :For example, injection of oxytocin stimulates the onset of species-specific maternal behaviors in rats [112]. In mice, variations in lactation-induced oxytocin levels have been found to correspond to variations in maternal behaviors [41] and administration of oxytocin has been found to suppress rates of infanticide and simultaneously increase care-giving behaviors [96,97]. In female sheep (ewes) central injection of oxytocin has been found to rapidly stimulate species typical maternal responses [75], while the administration of peridural anesthesia, which blocks the normal rise in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of oxytocin, was found to inhibit onset of maternal behaviors [87].
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