An Evolutionary Loss of Parental Care in Stickleback Is Associated with Differences in the Activity, but Not the Number, of Neuropeptidergic Neurons in the Preoptic Area
Overall, our study suggests that rapid behavioral evolution occurred via changes in the activity but not the number of specific preoptic neuropeptidergic neurons.
Authors
- Alison M. Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8933-8494)
- Eva K. Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-0900)
- Meghan F. Maciejewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-787X)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Behavior and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000545350
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.75