A cry in the dark: Depressed mothers show reduced neural activation to their own infant's cry

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-134

  Laurent, Heidemarie K ^a,b   Ablow, Jennifer C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cry; Depression; fMRI; Infant; Mother

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING;

EID: 84857006837     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq091     Document Type: Article

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