Neurobiology of attachment to an abusive caregiver: Short-term benefits and long-term costs

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1626-1634

  Perry, Rosemarie ^a,b   Sullivan, Regina M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Amygdala; Fear conditioning; Later life outcome; Maternal odor; Olfaction; Predator odor; Pup; Rat; Safety signal; Stress; Threat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RATS;

EID: 84911418575     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21219     Document Type: Review

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