Neonatal male circumcision is associated with altered adult socio-affective processing

Background: Neonatal male circumcision is a painful skin-breaking procedure that may affect infant physiological and behavioral stress responses as well as mother-infant interaction. Due to the plasticity of the developing nociceptive system, neonatal pain might carry long-term consequences on adult...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Miani, Gian Antonio Di Bernardo, Astrid Ditte Højgaard, Brian D. Earp, Paul J. Zak, Anne M. Landau, Jørgen Hoppe, Michael Winterdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020324099