Storing maternal memories: Hypothesizing an interaction of experience and estrogen on sensory cortical plasticity to learn infant cues

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 300-314

  Banerjee, Sunayana B ^a   Liu, Robert C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Estradiol; Estrogen; Experience dependent plasticity; Infant; Maternal behavior; Memory; Natural stimulus; Parenting; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD CARE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FACILITATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

AUDITORY CORTEX; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; EXPERIENCE-DEPENDENT PLASTICITY; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; NATURAL STIMULUS; PARENTING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CUES; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84884593436     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.07.008     Document Type: Review

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