The cross-generation transmission of oxytocin in humans

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-676

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Gordon, Ilanit ^a   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Parent infant relationship; Parenting; Social engagement; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; COHORT EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956285189     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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