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This highlight was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32125018 and 32071005), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFA1101701), 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

    Jingkai Fan & 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

    Jingkai Fan & Han Xu

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

    Jingkai Fan & Han Xu

  4. Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 310015, China

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Fan, J., Xu, H. Serotonin: A Bridge for Infant-mother Bonding. Neurosci. Bull. 39, 1741–1744 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-023-01117-7

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