The neurobiology of mammalian parenting and the biosocial context of human caregiving

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-17

  Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neurobiology of attachment; Oxytocin; Parental brain; Parenting behavior

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR GENE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SOCIAL LIFE; SUBCORTICAL LIMBIC CIRCUIT; TROXPHALLAXIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT RELATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84956582369     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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