Baby schema modulates the brain reward system in nulliparous women

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 9115-9119

  Glocker, Melanie L ^a,b   Langleben, Daniel D ^c,d   Ruparel, Kosha ^a   Loughead, James W ^a   Valdez, Jeffrey N ^a   Griffin, Mark D ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^b   Gur, Ruben C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Caregiving; Functional MRI; Infant; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; FACIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MATERNAL CARE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

PSEUDOMUGIL;

EID: 67049155490     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811620106     Document Type: Article

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