Marilyn J. Numan

Central prolactin infusions stimulate maternal behavior in steroid-treated, nulliparous female rats.

Robert S. Bridges, Marilyn J. Numan, Paul M. Ronsheim et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 350 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

The effects of D1 or D2 dopamine receptor antagonism in the medial preoptic area, ventral pallidum, or nucleus accumbens on the maternal retrieval response and other aspects of maternal behavior in rats.

Michael Numan, Marilyn J. Numan, Natalia Pliakou et al. · Behavioral Neuroscience · 2005 · 190 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +15

Axon-sparing lesions of the preoptic region and substantia innominata disrupt maternal behavior in rats.

Michael Numan, Keith P. Corodimas, Marilyn J. Numan et al. · Behavioral Neuroscience · 1988 · 176 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +10

Evidence that the medial amygdala projects to the anterior/ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei to inhibit maternal behavior in rats

Teige P. Sheehan, M Paul, Ernani Aloysio Amaral et al. · Neuroscience · 2001 · 158 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12

A functional neuroanatomical investigation of the role of the medial preoptic area in neural circuits regulating maternal behavior

Edward C. Stack, Revathi Balakrishnan, Marilyn J. Numan · Behavioural Brain Research · 2002 · 152 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17