The neurobiology of parenting: A neural circuit perspective

BioEssays

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Kohl, Johannes ^a,b   Autry, Anita E ^a   Dulac, Catherine ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hormones; hypothalamus; infanticide; infants; MPOA; neural circuits; neuropeptides; parenting; social behavior

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; MOTHER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NERVE TRACT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85006357008     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201600159     Document Type: Article

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