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Oxytocin and mutual communication in mother-infant bonding

Mother-infant bonding is universal to all mammalian species. In this review, we describe the manner in which reciprocal communication between the mother and infant leads to mother-infant bonding in rodents. In rats and mice, mother-infant bond formation is reinforced by various social stimuli, such...

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Autores principales: Nagasawa, Miho, Okabe, Shota, Mogi, Kazutaka, Kikusui, Takefumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375116
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00031