The neural basis of maternal bonding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wan, Ming Wai ^a   Downey, Darragh ^a   Strachan, Hilary ^b   Elliott, Rebecca ^a   Williams, Steve R ^c   Abel, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; VIDEORECORDING; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; INFANT; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896981027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088436     Document Type: Article

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