neurobiology of parental behavior
By: Michael Numan, Thomas R. Insel.
Contributors: Insel, Thomas R., 1951-
Series: Hormones, brain, and behavior
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Parental behavior in animals; Animal behavior -- Endocrine aspects; Maternal Behavior -- physiology; Paternal Behavior; Behavior, Animal -- physiology; Endocrine Glands -- physiology; Nervous System Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-408) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Hormonal and nonhormonal basis of maternal behavior.; title: Experiential factors influencing maternal behavior.; title: Motivational models of the onset and maintenance of maternal behavior and maternal aggression.; title: Neuroanatomy of maternal behavior.; title: Neurochemistry and molecular biology of maternal behavior.; title: Paternal behavior.; title: Neural basis of parental behavior revisited.; title: Human implications.