Oxytocin and the development of parenting in humans

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-382

  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

Infant development; neurobiology of parenting; oxytocin; parent infant interaction; parenting; transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SPOUSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VOCALIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955708865     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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