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The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues
The transition into fatherhood is a life-changing event that requires substantial psychological adaptations. In families that include a father figure, sensitive paternal behavior has been shown to positively impact the infant’s development. Yet, studies exploring the neuroanatomic adaptations of men...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34296140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa082 |
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author | Paternina-Die, María Martínez-García, Magdalena Pretus, Clara Hoekzema, Elseline Barba-Müller, Erika Martín de Blas, Daniel Pozzobon, Cristina Ballesteros, Agustín Vilarroya, Óscar Desco, Manuel Carmona, Susanna |
author_facet | Paternina-Die, María Martínez-García, Magdalena Pretus, Clara Hoekzema, Elseline Barba-Müller, Erika Martín de Blas, Daniel Pozzobon, Cristina Ballesteros, Agustín Vilarroya, Óscar Desco, Manuel Carmona, Susanna |
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description | The transition into fatherhood is a life-changing event that requires substantial psychological adaptations. In families that include a father figure, sensitive paternal behavior has been shown to positively impact the infant’s development. Yet, studies exploring the neuroanatomic adaptations of men in their transition into fatherhood are scarce. The present study used surface-based methods to reanalyze a previously published prospective magnetic resonance imaging dataset comprised of 20 first-time fathers (preconception-to-postpartum) and 17 childless men. We tested if the transition into fatherhood entailed changes in cortical volume, thickness, and area and whether these changes were related to 2 indicators of paternal experience. Specifically, we tested if such changes were associated with (1) the baby’s age and/or (2) the fathers’ brain activity in response to pictures of their babies compared with an unknown baby. Results indicated that first-time fathers exhibited a significant reduction in cortical volume and thickness of the precuneus. Moreover, higher volume reduction and cortical thinning were associated with stronger brain responses to pictures of their own baby in parental brain regions. This is the first study showing preconception-to-postpartum neuroanatomical adaptations in first-time fathers associated with the father’s brain response to cues of his infant. |
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spelling | pubmed-81529022021-07-21 The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues Paternina-Die, María Martínez-García, Magdalena Pretus, Clara Hoekzema, Elseline Barba-Müller, Erika Martín de Blas, Daniel Pozzobon, Cristina Ballesteros, Agustín Vilarroya, Óscar Desco, Manuel Carmona, Susanna Cereb Cortex Commun Original Article The transition into fatherhood is a life-changing event that requires substantial psychological adaptations. In families that include a father figure, sensitive paternal behavior has been shown to positively impact the infant’s development. Yet, studies exploring the neuroanatomic adaptations of men in their transition into fatherhood are scarce. The present study used surface-based methods to reanalyze a previously published prospective magnetic resonance imaging dataset comprised of 20 first-time fathers (preconception-to-postpartum) and 17 childless men. We tested if the transition into fatherhood entailed changes in cortical volume, thickness, and area and whether these changes were related to 2 indicators of paternal experience. Specifically, we tested if such changes were associated with (1) the baby’s age and/or (2) the fathers’ brain activity in response to pictures of their babies compared with an unknown baby. Results indicated that first-time fathers exhibited a significant reduction in cortical volume and thickness of the precuneus. Moreover, higher volume reduction and cortical thinning were associated with stronger brain responses to pictures of their own baby in parental brain regions. This is the first study showing preconception-to-postpartum neuroanatomical adaptations in first-time fathers associated with the father’s brain response to cues of his infant. Oxford University Press 2020-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8152902/ /pubmed/34296140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa082 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Paternina-Die, María Martínez-García, Magdalena Pretus, Clara Hoekzema, Elseline Barba-Müller, Erika Martín de Blas, Daniel Pozzobon, Cristina Ballesteros, Agustín Vilarroya, Óscar Desco, Manuel Carmona, Susanna The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues |
title | The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues |
title_full | The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues |
title_fullStr | The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues |
title_full_unstemmed | The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues |
title_short | The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues |
title_sort | paternal transition entails neuroanatomic adaptations that are associated with the father’s brain response to his infant cues |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34296140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa082 |
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