While maternal mental health is an important influence on child development, the existing
literature focuses primarily on negative aspects of maternal mental health, particularly …

The oxytocin receptor (OXTR), encoded by the OXTR gene, is responsible for the signal
transduction after binding its ligand, oxytocin. Although this signaling is primarily involved in …

The experience of motherhood is most often emotionally positive and rewarding, but for
many new mothers suffering from postpartum depression (PPD), this is not the case …

Parental care has a strong impact on neurodevelopment and mental health in the offspring.
Although numerous animal studies have revealed that the parental brain is a highly complex …

Both animal and human studies have provided conclusive evidence that oxytocin (OXT) acts
in the brain (eg, medial preoptic area, ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens) to …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are times of profound behavioral change including
alterations in cognitive function. This has been most often studied using hippocampal …

Emotional and behavioral regulations are crucial for the development of perceptive,
responsive, and flexible parenting. Moreover, maternal emotional dysregulation constitutes …

Objective Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with significant individual mental and
physical suffering and public health burden and fewer than half of patients recover fully with …

Introduction Rat mothers exhibit natural variations in care that propagate between
generations of female offspring. However, there is limited information on genetic variation …

New mammalian mothers undergo an increase in their maternal responsiveness with the
birth of their infants. Associated with changes in responsiveness are how attracted mothers …