Prolactin, Oxytocin, and the development of paternal behavior across the first six months of fatherhood

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-518

  Gordon, Ilanit ^a   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a   Leckman, James F ^b   Feldman, Ruth ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect Synchrony; Exploration; Father infant interactions; Fathers; Oxytocin; Prolactin; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROLACTIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955281002     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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