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McHenry and colleagues delineate a neural circuit controlling female sexual behavior. These experiments shed light on how the brain optimizes reproductive behavior to coincide with phases of peak fertility.

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Figure 1: A neural circuit for mate attraction and rejection.

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  1. Gül Dölen is in the Department of Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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Dölen, G. Setting the mood for love. Nat Neurosci 20, 379–380 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4514

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