Neurobiology of the parental brain / Robert S. Bridges. — Amsterdam ; London : Academic, c2008. – (59.159/B851)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXI
    LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS XXIII
    PARENTING AND THE BRAIN:AN OVERVIEW XXIX
    I THE NEUROANATOMICAL BASIS OF MATERNAL BEHAVIOR I
    1 Hypothalamic Interaction with the Mesolimbic Dopamine System and the Regulation of Maternal Responsiveness 03
    2 Neural Substrates Involved in the Onset of Maternal Responsiveness and Selectivity in Sheep 23
    3 Maternal Motivation and its Neural Substrate Across the Postpartum Period 39
    4 Imaging the Maternal Rat Brain 61
    5 Maternal Choices: Neural Mediation - Caring for Young or Hunting? 75
    6 Imaging the Human Parental Brain 83
    II ADAPTIVE AND MALADAPTIVE PARENTING 101
    7 Role of Corticotrophin Releasing Factor-Related Peptides in the Neural Regulation of Maternal Defense 103
    8 Maternal Stress Adaptations Peripartum: Mom's Innate Anxiety Determines Maternal Care and Aggression 115
    9 Role of Prolactin in the Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Stress Adaptations During Lactation 131
    10 Mother-Infant Touch， Neurochemistry， and Postpartum Anxiety 145
    11 The Role of the Brain Serotonergic System in the Origin and Transmission of Adaptive and Maladaptive Variations in Maternal Behavior in Rhesus Macaques 163
    12 Postpartum Depression: The Clinical Disorder and Application of PET Imaging Research Methods 175
    III NEUROENDOCRINE ADAPTATIONS OF PARENTING: PREGNANCY， LACTATION， AND OFFSPRING 201
    13 Bringing Forth the Next Generation ... and the Next 203
    14 Fast Delivery: A Central Role for Oxytocin 225
    15 Biological and Mathematical Modeling Approaches to Defining the Role of Oxytocin and Dopamine in the Control of Mating-Induced PRL Secretion 235
    16 Role of Prolactin in the Metabolic Adaptations to Pregnancy and Lactation 249
    17 The Energetics of Parenting in an Avian Model: Hormonal and Neurochemical Regulation of Parental Provisioning in Doves 269
    18 Maternal Fat Intake and Offspring Brain Development: Focus on the Mesocorticolimbic Dopaminergic System 293
    IV MATERNAL CARE: FROM GENES TO ENVIRONMENT 305
    19 Maternal Influence on Offspring Reproductive Behavior: Implications for Transgenerational Effects 307
    20 Parent-of-Origin Effects on Parental Behavior 319
    21 Oxytocin and Individual Variation in Parental Care in Prairie Voles 333
    22 Dopamine Regulation of Pair Bonding in Monogamous Prairie Voles 347
    23 Social Memory， Maternal Care， and Oxytocin Secretion， but not Vasopressin Release， Require CD38 in Mice 361
    24 Oxytocin and Mothers' Developmental Effects on their Daughters 377
    25 Strategies for Understanding the Mechanisms of Mothering and Fathering 391
    V THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF PATERNAL CARE 405
    26 Cooperative Breeding and the Paradox of Facultative Fathering 407
    27 Early Experience and the Developmental Programming of Oxytocin and Vasopressin 417
    28 The Effects of Paternal Behavior on Offspring Aggression and Hormones in the Biparental California Mouse 435
    29 Fathers Behaving Badly: The Role of Progesterone Receptors 449
    30 Family Life in Marmosets: Causes and Consequences of Variation in CareGiving 461
    VI REPRODUCTIVE EXPERIENCE: MODIFICATIONS IN BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 479
    31 The Neuroeconomics of Motherhood: The Costs and Benefits of Maternal Investment 481
    32 The Role of Reproductive Experience on Hippocampal Function and Plasticity 493
    33 Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Adaptations Following Reproductive Experience in the Female Rat 509
    34 Plasticity in the Maternal Neural Circuit: Experience， Dopamine， and Mothering 519
    INDEX 537