Approaching the biology of human parental attachment: Brain imaging, oxytocin and coordinated assessments of mothers and fathers

Brain Research

Volumn 1580, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-101

  Swain, J E ^a,b   Kim, P ^c   Spicer, J ^d   Ho, S S ^a   Dayton, C J ^a,d   Elmadih, A ^e   Abel, K M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Brain imaging; Caregiving; fMRI; Maternal; Oxytocin; Parent child relationship; Parenting; Paternal

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIO RECORDING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATHER; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HABIT; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84905015963     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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