Recent advances in the neurobiology of attachment behavior

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-159

  Šešo Šimic, Durdica ^a   Sedmak, Goran ^b   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Šimic, Goran ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Attachment behavior; Autism; Dopamine; Emotional development Motivation; Mirror neurons; Oxytocin; Parental bonding; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL STRESS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 79952335782     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10134-010-0020-0     Document Type: Article

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