Parenting and plasticity

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 465-473

  Leuner, Benedetta ^a   Glasper, Erica R ^a   Gould, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957021222     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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