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<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0065-17372025000100131</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21829/azm.2025.4112740</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Conducta alomaternal, OT y la presencia de OTR en mPOA/BNST en el jerbo de Mongolia (Meriones unguiculatus)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Allomaternal behavior, OT and the presence of OTR in mPOA/BNST in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Romero-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Oscar]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Báez Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Saucedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Brenda Magaly]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carmona]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Agustín]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Luis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juana]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México FES Iztacala ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Bioterio de la Facultad de Ciencias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[CDMX ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen. La conducta aloparental es el cuidado proporcionado a una cría por miembros de la misma especie sin ser los padres biológicos, incluye la conducta alomaterna y alopaterna. La oxitocina (OT) y su receptor (OTR) participan en la regulación de la conducta materna; fibras de OT y su receptor están presentes en el área preóptica media (mPOA), el lecho del núcleo de la estría terminalis (BNST), la amígdala media (MeA) y el bulbo olfatorio (OB), núcleos que regulan la conducta materna. La OT y OTR tienen una función significativa en la regulación de la conducta materna. Sin embargo, la función de OT y OTR en la regulación de la conducta alomaterna no ha sido bien establecida. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar si la conducta alomaterna en el jerbo de Mongolia está asociada con altas concentraciones de OT en plasma, así como con la presencia de OTR en mPOA, BNST, MeA y OB. A través de exposiciones a las crías de la especie, 10 hembras alomaternas y 10 agresivas con las crías fueron seleccionadas. Entre 15 y 20 días después, se realizaron las pruebas de conducta alomaterna. Inmediatamente después, muestras de sangre fueron colectadas para cuantificar las concentraciones de OT en plasma por ELISA. Se obtuvieron los cerebros para la inmunohistoquímica de OTR. La exhibición de la conducta alomaterna estuvo asociada con altas concentraciones de OT en plasma y la presencia significativa de OTR en mPOA/BNST. Estos resultados sugieren la participación de OT y OTR en la regulación de la conducta alomaterna del jerbo de Mongolia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract. Alloparental behavior is the care provided to an infant by members of the same species without being the biological parents, it includes allomaternal and allopaternal behavior. Oxytocin (OT) and its receptor (OTR) are involved in the regulation of maternal behavior; OT fibers and its receptor are present in the medial preoptic area (mPOA), the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BNST), the medial amygdala (MeA), and olfactory bulb (OB), nuclei that regulate maternal behavior. OT and OTR play a significant role in regulating maternal behavior. However, the role of OT and OTR in the regulation of allomaternal behavior has not been established. The aim of this study was to determine whether allomaternal behavior in the Mongolian gerbil is associated with high plasma OT concentrations and the presence of OTR in mPOA, BNST, MeA, and OB. Through exposures to the pups of same species, 10 allomaternal females and 10 aggressive females with the pups were selected. Between 15 and 20 days later, allomaternal behavior tests were performed. Blood samples were then collected to quantify plasma OT concentrations by ELISA. Brains were obtained for OTR immunohistochemistry. The display of allomaternal behavior was associated with high peripheral concentrations of OT and the significant presence of OTR in mPOA/BNST. These results suggest the involvement of OT and OTR in the regulation of the allomaternal behavior of the Mongolian gerbil.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Receptor de oxitocina]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[oxytocin]]></kwd>
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