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Fatherhood is life changing: Uncovering structural and functional changes in the dad brain

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What are the cellular-level structural and functional changes underlying newly adaptive behaviors in the mammalian brain? In this issue of Neuron, Inada et al. (2022) identify the brain-wide connectivity and synaptic plasticity changes of hypothalamic oxytocin+ neurons in male mice contributing to their parental behaviors.

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