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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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Autores principales: 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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Publicado: Oxford University Press 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
author_sort Paternina-Die, María
collection PubMed
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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