Motivational systems and the neural circuitry of maternal behavior in the rat

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-21

  Numan, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mother infant relations; Motor; Neonatal; Neurotransmitters; Parental care

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846592810     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20198     Document Type: Review

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