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This highlight was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32125018 and 32071005), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, the MOE Frontiers Science Center for Brain Science & Brain-Machine Integration of Zhejiang University, and Innovative Research Team of High-level Local Universities in Shanghai (SHSMU-ZDCX20211102).

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  1. Department of Neurobiology and Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Fang Zhou, Junqiang Zheng & Han Xu

  2. Liangzhu Laboratory, MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain-machine Integration, State Key Laboratory of Brain-machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311121, China

    Fang Zhou, Junqiang Zheng & Han Xu

  3. NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Fang Zhou, Junqiang Zheng & Han Xu

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Zhou, F., Zheng, J. & Xu, H. Lighting up Oxytocin Neurons to Nurture the Brain. Neurosci. Bull. 39, 866–868 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-022-01000-x

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