Hush little baby, don't you cry: How aversion to infant distress calls drives caregiving.

Historically associated with aversion, the lateral habenula has a poorly characterized role in parenting. In this issue of Neuron, Lecca and colleagues ¹ show that these seemingly opposing roles converge in a subnucleus where aversion to pup cries may drive motivation for caregiving.
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