Plasticity of paternity: Effects of fatherhood on synaptic, intrinsic and morphological characteristics of neurons in the medial preoptic area of male California mice

•California mouse fathers provide extensive paternal care to their offspring.•We compared properties of medial preoptic area neurons of fathers and virgin males.•Few differences were seen in intrinsic, synaptic, or morphological properties.•Synaptic inhibition was lower in fathers than in virgin mal...

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