Effects of medial prefrontal cortical neurons projecting to the medial preoptic area on the social behaviour of rats
Luca Darai, Dávid Keller, Árpád Dobolyi · FENS Forum 2024
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays a crucial role in the control of social behaviour. However, its projections to the medial preoptic area (MPOA) have not been investigated. Our research team has previously shown that ascending inputs to the MPOA increase the extent of social interactions between rats. Therefore, we determined the projection pattern of mPFC neurons projecting to the MPOA and examined their role in social behaviour. Retrogradely transferred adeno-associated virus (AAV) expressing Cre recombinase was injected into the MPOA followed by an mPFC injection of an AAV encoding
ePoster · Neuroscience