Progress on the paternal brain: Theory, animal models, human brain research, and mental health implications

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 394-408

  Swain, J E ^a,b   Dayton, C J ^a,c   Kim, P ^d   Tolman, R M ^a   Volling, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL STRESS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUERPERIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; EMOTION; FATHER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROIMAGING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84907992672     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21471     Document Type: Article

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