The ties that bind: Maternal-infant interactions and the neural circuitry of postpartum depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1294-1296

  Leibenluft, Ellen ^a   Yonkers, Kimberly A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; BRAIN; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NERVE NET; PARENTING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 78349250216     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10081159     Document Type: Editorial

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