Neonatal Suckling, Oxytocin, and Early Infant Attachment to the Mother

Neonatal Suckling, Oxytocin, and Early Infant Attachment to the Mother

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) promotes maternal care and social affiliation in adults but its importance in infant attachment still remains unknown. True animal models of infant attachment are extremely rare, and the sheep (in complement to non-human primates) is one of the few that provides the op...

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Principais autores: Raymond Nowak, Frédéric Lévy, Elodie Chaillou, Fabien Cornilleau, Juliette Cognié, Pierre-Guy Marnet, Peter D. Williams, Matthieu Keller
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
coleção:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Assuntos:
attachment
oxytocin
newborn
suckling
sheep
infant bond formation
Acesso em linha:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2020.612651/full

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