The construction of the maternal Brain: Theoretical comment on Kim et al. (2010)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 710-714

  Kinsley, Craig H ^a   Meyer, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal behavior; Maternal brain; Parental experience; Plasticity; Reproductive experience

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77958140930     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021057     Document Type: Note

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