Tsukuba, Japan—In social animals like mice, where females have a distinct estrous cycle, efficient reproduction relies not only on males identifying the estrous state of females and exhibiting ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the neural mechanisms underlying the behavioral transition from the sexually receptive estrus stage to the non-receptive phase, as part of the ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...