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Developmental Effects of Oxytocin Neurons on Social Affiliation and Processing of Social Information

Ana Rita Nunes, Michael Gliksberg, Susana A. M. Varela, Magda Teles, Einav Wircer, Janna Blechman, Giovanni Petri, Gil Levkowitz and Rui F. Oliveira
Journal of Neuroscience 20 October 2021, 41 (42) 8742-8760; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2939-20.2021
Ana Rita Nunes
1Integrative Behavioural Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras 2780-156, Portugal
2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Michael Gliksberg
2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Susana A. M. Varela
1Integrative Behavioural Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras 2780-156, Portugal
3ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal
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Magda Teles
1Integrative Behavioural Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras 2780-156, Portugal
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Einav Wircer
2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Janna Blechman
2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Giovanni Petri
4Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation and ISI Global Science Foundation, Torino 10126, Italy
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Gil Levkowitz
2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
5Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Rui F. Oliveira
1Integrative Behavioural Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras 2780-156, Portugal
3ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal
6Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon 1400-038, Portugal
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https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2939-20.2021
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34470805
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History 
  • Received November 19, 2020
  • Revision received June 23, 2021
  • Accepted June 28, 2021
  • First published September 1, 2021.
  • Version of record published October 20, 2021.
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  1. Ana Rita Nunes1,2,*,
  2. Michael Gliksberg2,*,
  3. Susana A. M. Varela1,3,
  4. Magda Teles1,
  5. Einav Wircer2,
  6. Janna Blechman2,
  7. Giovanni Petri4,
  8. Gil Levkowitz2,5, and
  9. Rui F. Oliveira1,3,6
  1. 1Integrative Behavioural Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras 2780-156, Portugal
  2. 2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
  3. 3ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal
  4. 4Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation and ISI Global Science Foundation, Torino 10126, Italy
  5. 5Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
  6. 6Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon 1400-038, Portugal
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  1. Author contributions: A.R.N., M.G., S.A.M.V., M.T., G.P., G.L., and R.F.O. designed research; A.R.N., M.G., S.A.M.V., and M.T. performed research; E.W., J.B., G.L., and R.F.O. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; A.R.N., M.G., S.A.M.V., M.T., E.W., J.B., and G.P. analyzed data; A.R.N., M.G., S.A.M.V., M.T., G.P., and R.F.O. wrote the first draft of the paper; A.R.N., M.G., S.A.M.V., M.T., G.P., G.L., and R.F.O. edited the paper; A.R.N., M.G., S.A.M.V., M.T., G.P., G.L., and R.F.O. wrote the paper.

  2. ↵*A.R.N. and M.G. contributed equally to this work.

Disclosures

    • Received November 19, 2020.
    • Revision received June 23, 2021.
    • Accepted June 28, 2021.
  • We thank all members of Gil Levkowitz's and Rui Oliveira's laboratories for fruitful discussions and Nitzan Konstantin for English editing. We also thank the technical support of Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC)'s Advanced Imaging Facility (AIF-UIC), which is supported by the National Portuguese Funding Grant PPBI-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022122, co-financed by Lisboa Regional Operational Program (Lisboa 2020), under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT; Portugal); all the staff from the Fish Facility platforms of IGC, Portugal, and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, for animal care and valuable advice; Congento, which is supported by the National Portuguese Funding Grant LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022170, co-financed by Lisboa Regional Operational Program (Lisboa 2020), under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the FEDER and FCT; IGC's Histopathology Facility for technical support, help, and valuable advices; and the Advanced BioImaging and BioOptics Experimental Platform (ABBE Platform) of the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown (CCU) for all the technical support and help. A.R.N. was supported by the Short-Term EMBO Fellowship ASTF 420-2013, the Weizmann's Dean of Faculty postdoctoral fellowship at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, and by the FCT Grant SFRH/BPD/93317/2013 at IGC. M.G., E.W., and J.B. were supported by the Israel Science Foundation Grant 1511/16, the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation Grant 2017325, and Sagol Institute for Longevity and Estate of Emile Mimran. G.L. is an incumbent of the Elias Sourasky Professorial Chair. This work was supported by the project LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-030627 co-funded by the Programa Operational Regional de Lisboa (Lisboa 2020), through Portugal 2020 and the FEDER and by the FCT/Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (MCTES) through national funds (Programa de Investimento e Despesas de Desenvolvimento da Administração Central).

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Gil Levkowitz at gil.levkowitz{at}weizmann.ac.il or Rui F. Oliveira at ruiol{at}ispa.pt

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  • Ministry of Education and Science | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

    LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-030627

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Ana Rita Nunes, Michael Gliksberg, Susana A. M. Varela, Magda Teles, Einav Wircer, Janna Blechman, Giovanni Petri, Gil Levkowitz, Rui F. Oliveira
Journal of Neuroscience 20 October 2021, 41 (42) 8742-8760; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2939-20.2021

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Journal of Neuroscience 20 October 2021, 41 (42) 8742-8760; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2939-20.2021
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