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Neural Circuitry Involving Substance P in Male Sexual Behavior

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This highlight was supported by grants from 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 Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2023-PT310-01), the MOE Frontiers Science Center for Brain Science & Brain-Machine Integration of Zhejiang University, the Innovative Research Team of High-level Local Universities in Shanghai (SHSMU-ZDCX20211102), and the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2023-PT310-01).

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

    Xinrong Wang, Junqiang Zheng & Han Xu

  2. Nanhu Brain-Computer Interface Institute, Hangzhou, 311100, China

    Xinrong Wang & Han Xu

  3. 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

    Han Xu

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

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  5. Lingang Laboratory, Shanghai, 200031, China

    Junqiang Zheng & Han Xu

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Wang, X., Zheng, J. & Xu, H. Neural Circuitry Involving Substance P in Male Sexual Behavior. Neurosci. Bull. 40, 544–546 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-024-01177-3

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