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10163
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5109
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Best Publications

  • The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

    Michael Numan;Thomas R. Insel

  • Medial preoptic area and onset of maternal behavior in the rat.

    Michael Numan;Jay S. Rosenblatt;Barry R. Komisaruk

  • Medial preoptic area and maternal behavior in the female rat.

    Michael Numan

  • Motivational systems and the neural circuitry of maternal behavior in the rat

    Michael Numan

  • Medial preoptic area interactions with dopamine neural systems in the control of the onset and maintenance of maternal behavior in rats

    Michael Numan;Danielle S. Stolzenberg

  • Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications

    Michael Numan;Larry J. Young

  • Neuroanatomical circuitry for mammalian maternal behavior.

    Michael Numan;Teige P. Sheehan

  • Hormonal induction of maternal behavior in the ovariectomized nulliparous rat

    Howard Moltz;Michael Lubin;Michael Leon;Michael Numan

  • Hypothalamic Neural Circuits Regulating Maternal Responsiveness Toward Infants

    Michael Numan

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows oxytocin activates brain regions associated with mother-pup bonding during suckling

    Marcelo Febo;Michael Numan;Craig F. Ferris

  • The effects of D1 or D2 dopamine receptor antagonism in the medial preoptic area, ventral pallidum, or nucleus accumbens on the maternal retrieval response and other aspects of maternal behavior in rats.

    Michael Numan;Marilyn J Numan;Natalia Pliakou;Danielle S Stolzenberg

  • Maternal behavior in rats: evidence for the involvement of preoptic projections to the ventral tegmental area.

    Michael Numan;Holly G. Smith

  • Axon-sparing lesions of the preoptic region and substantia innominata disrupt maternal behavior in rats.

    Michael Numan;Keith P. Corodimas;Marilyn J. Numan;Elizabeth M. Factor

  • Functional, anatomical, and neurochemical differentiation of medial preoptic area subregions in relation to maternal behavior in the mouse

    Yousuke Tsuneoka;Teppo Maruyama;Sachine Yoshida;Katsuhiko Nishimori

  • Projection Sites of Medial Preoptic Area and Ventral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Neurons that Express Fos during Maternal Behavior in Female Rats

    Michael Numan;Marilyn J. Numan

  • Maternal behavior in rats: Evidence for the involvement of preoptic projections to the ventral tegmental area.

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  • A functional neuroanatomical investigation of the role of the medial preoptic area in neural circuits regulating maternal behavior

    Edward C Stack;Revathi Balakrishnan;Marilyn J Numan;Michael Numan

  • Expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the preoptic area of maternally behaving virgin and postpartum rats.

    Michael Numan;Marilyn J. Numan

  • Using c-Fos immunocytochemistry to identify forebrain regions that may inhibit maternal behavior in rats.

    Teige P. Sheehan;John Cirrito;Marilyn J. Numan;Michael Numan

  • Medial preoptic area interactions with the nucleus accumbens-ventral pallidum circuit and maternal behavior in rats.

    Michael Numan;Marilyn J. Numan;Jaclyn M. Schwarz;Christina M. Neuner

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