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Hypocretins, sleep, and maternal behavior by Rivas, Mayda, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo, Benedetto, Luciana

“…The postpartum period is a demanding time during which mothers experience numerous physiological adaptations that enable them to care for their offspring while…”
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Electrophysiological characterization of medial preoptic neurons in lactating rats and its modulation by hypocretin-1 by Rivas, Mayda, Serantes, Diego, Pascovich, Claudia, Peña, Florencia, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo, Benedetto, Luciana

“…The medial preoptic area (mPOA) undergoes through neuroanatomical changes across the postpartum period, during which its neurons play a critical role in the…”
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New theoretical and experimental approaches on maternal motivation in mammals by OLAZABAL, Daniel E, PEREIRA, Mariana, URIARTE, Natalia, AGRATI, Daniella, FERREIRA, Annabel, FLEMING, Alison S, GONZALEZ-MARISCAL, Gabriela, LEVY, Frederic, LUCION, Aldo B, MORRELL, Joan I, NUMAN, Michael

“…Maternal behavior is expressed in different modalities, physiological conditions, and contexts. It is the result of a highly motivated brain, that allows the…”
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Neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of parenting: Dynamic coordination of motivational, affective and cognitive processes by Pereira, Mariana, Ferreira, Annabel

“…This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Becoming a parent is arguably the most profound transforming experience in life. It is also inherently…”
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Is sleep critical for lactation in rat? by Peña, Florencia, Rivas, Mayda, Serantes, Diego, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo, Benedetto, Luciana

“…•There is a negative correlation between wakefulness and nursing time.•There is not a lineal correlation between slow wave sleep and milk ejections.•Lactating…”
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Fear response of rat pups to a non‐aversive social stimulus: Evidence for the involvement of memory processes by Zuluaga, María José, Agrati, Daniella, Athaíde, Vanessa, Ferreira, Annabel, Uriarte, Natalia

“…Learning processes in rats during early development are importantly mediated by the mother, which represents the primary source of environmental information…”
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Local administration of bicuculline into the ventrolateral and medial preoptic nuclei modifies sleep and maternal behavior in lactating rats by Benedetto, Luciana, Rivas, Mayda, Peña, Florencia, Serantes, Diego, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo

“…•Bicuculline (BIC) administration into the VLPO of mother rats increases wakefulness.•BIC administration into the VLPO reduces nursing duration.•BIC…”
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Role of Hypocretin in the Medial Preoptic Area in the Regulation of Sleep, Maternal Behavior and Body Temperature of Lactating Rats by Rivas, Mayda, Serantes, Diego, Peña, Florencia, González, Joaquín, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo, Benedetto, Luciana

“…•HCRT-1 in mPOA of lactating rats increase wakefulness and body temperature.•Dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) in mPOA increased slow wave sleep and REM…”
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Melanin-concentrating hormone in the medial preoptic area reduces active components of maternal behavior in rats by Benedetto, Luciana, Pereira, Mariana, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo

“…•MCH was microinjected into the medial preoptic area (mPOA) of postpartum rats.•Infusion of MCH into mPOA disrupted active maternal behaviors.•MCH did not…”
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Hypocretinergic system in the medial preoptic area promotes maternal behavior in lactating rats by Rivas, Mayda, Torterolo, Pablo, Ferreira, Annabel, Benedetto, Luciana

“…•Intra-mPOA microinjections of HCRT-1 induced minor effects on maternal behavior.•Microinjection of HCRT-R1 antagonist into the mPOA decreased active maternal…”
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The Integration of the Maternal Care with Sleep During the Postpartum Period by Benedetto, Luciana, Peña, Florencia, Rivas, Mayda, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo

“…Our entire life occurs in a constant alternation between wakefulness and sleep. The impossibility of living without sleep implies that any behavior must adapt…”
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Cocaine treatment before pregnancy differentially affects the anxiety and brain glucose metabolism of lactating rats if performed during adulthood or adolescence by Delgado, Hernán, Agrati, Daniella, Machado, Luna, Reyes, Laura, Savio, Eduardo, Engler, Henry, Ferreira, Annabel

“…•Adult rats exposed to cocaine before pregnancy exhibit increased anxiety during lactation.•Rats previously treated during adolescence show decreased anxiety…”
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Dopaminergic activity mediates pups' over male preference of postpartum estrous rats by Ferreño, Marcela, Uriarte, Natalia, Zuluaga, María José, Ferreira, Annabel, Agrati, Daniella

“…Pups have greater incentive value than males for rats during the postpartum estrus (PPE); a period when females are both maternally and sexually motivated…”
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Microinjection of the dopamine D2-receptor antagonist Raclopride into the medial preoptic area reduces REM sleep in lactating rats by Benedetto, Luciana, Rivas, Mayda, Cavelli, Matias, Peña, Florencia, Monti, Jaime, Ferreira, Annabel, Torterolo, Pablo

“…•Raclopride (RAC) administration into the mPOA of mother rats reduces REM sleep.•RAC administration into the mPOA of mother rats does not modify NREM…”
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Flexibility and adaptation of the neural substrate that supports maternal behavior in mammals by OLAZABAL, Daniel E, PEREIRA, Mariana, URIARTE, Natalia, AGRATI, Daniella, FERREIRA, Annabel, FLEMING, Alison S, GONZALEZ-MARISCAL, Gabriela, LEVY, Frederic, LUCION, Aldo B, MORRELL, Joan I, NUMAN, Michael

“…Maternal behavior is species-specific and expressed under different physiological conditions, and contexts. It is the result of neural processes that support…”
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Sexual behaviour of the female rat during late adolescence: effect of chronic cocaine treatment by Agrati, Daniella, Machado, Luna, Delgado, Hernán, Uriarte, Natalia, Zuluaga, María J, Ferreira, Annabel

“…Sexual behaviour is highly motivated and female rats begin to express it during adolescence. The circuitries implicated in the control of motivated behaviours…”
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Demanding pups improve maternal behavioral impairments in sensitized and haloperidol-treated lactating female rats by Pereira, Mariana, Ferreira, Annabel

“…The impairments in the maternal behavior of ovariectomized sensitized females, relative to lactating dams, resemble those deficits found in lactating females…”
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Incentive value of newborn pups relative to juveniles for mother rats raising overlapping litters by Ferreño, Marcela, Pose, Sabrina, Agrati, Daniella, Zuluaga, María José, Ferreira, Annabel, Uriarte, Natalia

“…•Overlapping litters mothers (OLM) do not prefer between juveniles and newborns.•Early postpartum (PP) rats prefer newborns pups.•Late PP rats do not exhibit…”
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Previous and recent maternal experiences modulate pups’ incentive value relative to a male without affecting maternal behavior in postpartum estrous rats by Agrati, Daniella, Ferreño, Marcela, Marin, Gabriella, Uriarte, Natalia, Zuluaga, María José, Fernández-Guasti, Alonso, Ferreira, Annabel

“…•Maternal behavior at postpartum estrus was similar in first and second time mothers.•However, pups incentive value relative to a male was higher for…”
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Social aversive stimuli presented to the mother produce the precocious expression of fear in rat pups by Zuluaga, María J., Agrati, Daniella, Uriarte, Natalia, Ferreira, Annabel

“…ABSTRACT During the stress hypo‐responsive period, rat pups do not display fear responses toward adult males, yet they exhibit distress behavior in isolation…”
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