The neurobiology of attachment

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-136

  Insel, Thomas R ^a   Young, Larry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; SMELL;

EID: 0035256912     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35053579     Document Type: Article

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