Maternity: Neural Mechanisms, Motivational Processes, and Physiological Adaptations

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 715-741

  Numan, Michael ^a   Woodside, Barbara ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Maternal behavior; Medial preoptic area; Oxytocin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ARGIPRESSIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREOPTIC AREA; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 78650102875     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021548     Document Type: Review

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