Infant Attachment and Social Modification of Stress Neurobiology

Decades of research have informed our understanding of how stress impacts the brain to perturb behavior. However, stress during development has received specific attention as this occurs during a sensitive period for scaffolding lifelong socio-emotional behavior. In this review, we focus the develop...

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Main Authors: Katherine Packard, Maya Opendak, Caroline Davis Soper, Haniyyah Sardar, Regina M. Sullivan
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.718198/full
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author Katherine Packard
Maya Opendak
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Caroline Davis Soper
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description Decades of research have informed our understanding of how stress impacts the brain to perturb behavior. However, stress during development has received specific attention as this occurs during a sensitive period for scaffolding lifelong socio-emotional behavior. In this review, we focus the developmental neurobiology of stress-related pathology during infancy and focus on one of the many important variables that can switch outcomes from adaptive to maladaptive outcome: caregiver presence during infants’ exposure to chronic stress. While this review relies heavily on rodent neuroscience research, we frequently connect this work with the human behavioral and brain literature to facilitate translation. Bowlby’s Attachment Theory is used as a guiding framework in order to understand how early care quality impacts caregiver regulation of the infant to produce lasting outcomes on mental health.
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spelling doaj.art-ac9d4ac145e04281a3d14cfa029c8e742022-12-21T19:30:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience1662-51372021-08-011510.3389/fnsys.2021.718198718198Infant Attachment and Social Modification of Stress NeurobiologyKatherine Packard0Maya Opendak1Maya Opendak2Caroline Davis Soper3Haniyyah Sardar4Haniyyah Sardar5Regina M. Sullivan6Regina M. Sullivan7Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United StatesEmotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United StatesChild Study Center, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesChild Study Center, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesEmotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United StatesChild Study Center, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesEmotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, United StatesChild Study Center, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesDecades of research have informed our understanding of how stress impacts the brain to perturb behavior. However, stress during development has received specific attention as this occurs during a sensitive period for scaffolding lifelong socio-emotional behavior. In this review, we focus the developmental neurobiology of stress-related pathology during infancy and focus on one of the many important variables that can switch outcomes from adaptive to maladaptive outcome: caregiver presence during infants’ exposure to chronic stress. While this review relies heavily on rodent neuroscience research, we frequently connect this work with the human behavioral and brain literature to facilitate translation. Bowlby’s Attachment Theory is used as a guiding framework in order to understand how early care quality impacts caregiver regulation of the infant to produce lasting outcomes on mental health.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.718198/fullattachmentamygdalainfantcorticosteronesocial
spellingShingle Katherine Packard
Maya Opendak
Maya Opendak
Caroline Davis Soper
Haniyyah Sardar
Haniyyah Sardar
Regina M. Sullivan
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Infant Attachment and Social Modification of Stress Neurobiology
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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title Infant Attachment and Social Modification of Stress Neurobiology
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