Baby love? Oxytocin-dopamine interactions in mother-infant bonding

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1978-1980

  Douglas, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

DOPAMINE RELEASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROOMING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77953156312     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0259     Document Type: Short Survey

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