Neural responses to infants linked with behavioral interactions and testosterone in fathers

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-306

  Kuo, Patty X ^a   Carp, Joshua ^b   Light, Kathleen C ^c   Grewen, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fathers; FMRI; Infant; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84865442368     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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