The pathways from mother's love to baby's future

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Korosi, Aniko ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Corticotropin releasing factor (CRH); Early life stress; Epigenetics; Hypothalamus; Maternal care; Maternal separation; Neglect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952242328     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.027.2009     Document Type: Review

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