Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological …

Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with
imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Research on the neurobiology of
attachment, pioneered by scholars in the generation that followed the discovery of social …

The question as to whether or not children can be affected by the traumatization of their
parents has been the topic of a long-standing debate. This article provides a critical review …

Stress affects brain function, and may lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Considerable empirical data for the neurobiology of PTSD has been derived from …

This is a selective review that provides the context for the study of perinatal affective disorder
mechanisms and outlines directions for future research. We integrate existing literature …

Research shows that a woman's brain and body undergo drastic changes to support her
transition to parenthood during the perinatal period. The presence of this plasticity suggests …

Evidence for the intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is
documented in the literature, although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood …

Stress elicits a variety of psychophysiological responses that show large interindividual
variability. Determining the neural mechanisms that mediate individual differences in the …