Oxytocin and mutual communication in mother-infant bonding
Mother-infant bonding is universal to all mammalian species. In this review, we describe the manner in which reciprocal communication between the mother and infant leads to mother-infant bonding in rodents. In rats and mice, mother-infant bond formation is reinforced by various social stimuli, such...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00031/full |