The expression of maternal behavior in mammals is regulated by the developmental and
experiential events over a female's lifetime. In this review the relationships between the …

Social behaviors, such as mating, fighting, and parenting, are fundamental for survival of any
vertebrate species. All members of a species express social behaviors in a stereotypical and …

During pregnancy, physiological adaptations prepare the female body for the challenges of
motherhood. Becoming a parent also requires behavioral adaptations. Such adaptations …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

The medial preoptic area (MPOA) and dopamine (DA) neural systems interact to regulate
maternal behavior in rats. Two DA systems are involved: the mesolimbic DA system and the …

Male behavioral responses to offspring range from avoidance to infanticide to nurturing care.
If this book were focussed on parental care among nonmammalian vertebrates, most of the …

Parental animals of many rodent species display fierce and persistent aggression toward
unfamiliar conspecifics that appears to protect their often altricial and defenseless young …

In previous work, we have demonstrated that cell proliferation in the adult hippocampal
formation is regulated by estrogen under both natural and experimental conditions. To …

A theoretical neural model is developed, along with supportive evidence, to explain how the
medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the hypothalamus can regulate maternal responsiveness …

Pregnancy, parturition and lactation comprise a continuum of adaptive changes necessary
for the development and maintenance of the offspring. The endocrine changes that are …