Fatherhood affects dendritic spines and vasopressin V1a receptors in the primate prefrontal cortex
- 20 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Neuroscience
- Vol. 9 (9) , 1094-1095
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1753
Abstract
Like human fathers, male marmosets help raise their young, yet the ways in which fatherhood influences the brain remain largely unknown. We show that first-time and experienced marmoset fathers have enhanced density of dendritic spines on pyramidal neurons in prefrontal cortex as compared to non-fathers. In parallel, the abundance of vasopressin V1a receptors and the proportion of V1a receptor–labeled dendritic spines increase.Keywords
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