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Nature Neuroscience 9, 1094–1095 (1 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/nn1753
Fatherhood affects dendritic spines and vasopressin V1a receptors in the primate prefrontal cortex
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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.
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