Prolactin responses to infant cues in men and women: Effects of parental experience and recent infant contact

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Delahunty, Krista M ^a   McKay, Donald W ^a   Noseworthy, Diana E ^a   Storey, Anne E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Infant cues; Maternal; Parental experience; Paternal; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIO RECORDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PARITY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846105108     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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