Neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of parenting: Dynamic coordination of motivational, affective and cognitive processes

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 72-85

  Pereira, Mariana ^a   Ferreira, Annabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Affect; Cognition; Love; Maternal circuitry; Motivation; Parent infant relationship; Social understanding

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYTOCIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COORDINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYNAMICS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MEMORY; MOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHASE TRANSITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUBCORTEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET;

EID: 84956581933     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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