Variations in maternal behavioroxytocin and reward pathwaysperipheral measures matter!

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2587-2588

  Leckman, James F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVE TRACT; NOTE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RISK; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; REWARD;

EID: 80855144839     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.201     Document Type: Note

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