Michael Numan

Parental Brain

Mechanisms, Development, and Evolution

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Produktbeschreibung

The Parental Brain: Mechanisms, Development, and Evolution explores the neural circuits and development of the parental brain, and the view that these circuits formed a template for the evolution of other types of prosocial bonds. The book is unique in its multilevel approach and integration of animal and human research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9780190848675
• ISBN-10: 0190848677
• Artikelnr.: 59550413

Autorenporträt

Michael Numan received his PhD from the University of Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). His research focuses on the neural mechanisms of maternal behavior. He was a Professor of Psychology at Boston College (1975-2012), and he is currently a Research Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1. Introduction
* Chapter 2. Parental Behavior: Descriptions, Terms, and Definitions
* 1. Parental Behavior in Vertebrates
* 2. Parental Behavior in Mammals
* Chapter 3. Hormonal Control of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Hormonal Regulation of Maternal Behavior in Rats, Rabbits, and
Sheep
* 3. Hormones and Maternal Behavior in Mice
* 4. The Maintenance of Maternal Behavior and the Onset-Maintenance
Dichotomy in Rats
* Rabbits, and Sheep
* 5. Hormones and Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Primates
* 6. General Conclusions
* Chapter 4. Brain Mechanisms Regulating Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman
Mammals: Oxytocin and Olfaction
* 1. Introduction
* 2. A Tour of the Rodent Brain
* 3. Oxytocin and Maternal Behavior
* 4. Olfaction and Maternal Behavior in Rodents, Rabbits, and Sheep
* 5. General Conclusions
* Chapter 5. Central Neural Circuits Regulating Maternal Behavior in
Nonhuman Mammals
* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Essential Role of the Medial Preoptic Area
* 3. The Larger Neural Circuitry within Which the MPOA Operates to
Influence Maternal
* Behavior
* 4. Neural Plasticity within Maternal Brain Circuits, the Maintenance
of Maternal Behavior, and
* Maternal Memory
* 5. General Conclusions
* Chapter 6. Anxiety Reduction and Maternal Aggression in Postpartum
Nonhuman Mammals
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Behavioral Characteristics of the Postpartum Reduction in
Fearfulness
* 3. Behavioral Characteristics of the Postpartum Increase in Maternal
Aggression
* 4. Opposing Roles of Oxytocin (OT) and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor
(CRF) in Anxiety-
* Related Behaviors
* 5. The Neural Circuitry of Maternal Aggression
* 6. The Neural Circuitry of Fear/Anxiety and the Mechanisms Mediating
its Postpartum
* Downregulation
* 7. Critical Evaluation of the Hypothesis that Decreased Activity
within Fear/Anxiety Neural
* Circuits Exerts a Permissive Effect on the Occurrence of Maternal
Aggression by Releasing
* Aggression Circuits from Inhibition
* 8. The Effects of High Activity within CRF Neural Systems on
Infant-Directed Maternal Behavior
* 9. Conclusions
* Chapter 7. Alloparental Behavior and Paternal Behavior in Nonhuman
Mammals
* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Laboratory Mouse as an Experimental Model of Allomaternal
behavior
* 3. Alloparental Behavior in Prairie Voles
* 4. Alloparental Behavior in Marmosets and Tamarins
* 5. Conclusions on Alloparenting
* 6. Naturally Occurring Paternal Behavior
* 7. Experimentally-Induced Paternal Behavior in Mammalian Species that
Naturally Exhibit a
* Uniparental Maternal Care System
* 8. Conclusions on Paternal Behavior
* Chapter 8. The Parental Brain in Humans
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Subcortical Neural Regions and Circuits Implicated in the Maternal
Behavior of Women
* 3. Cortical Neural Regions and Circuits Relevant to Maternal Behavior
in Women
* 4. Cortical Neural Activations Associated with Maternal
Responsiveness in Women
* 5. Postpartum Depression
* 6. The Paternal Brain in Men
* 7. General Conclusions
* Chapter 9. Development of the Parental Brain in Nonhuman Mammals
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Normal Variations in Maternal Licking/Grooming of Pups Affect the
Development of the
* MPOA-to-VTA-to-NA Circuit in Rodent Offspring
* 3. Normal Variations in Maternal Licking/Grooming of Pups Affect the
Development of
* Neural Circuits that Regulate Stress Reactivity, Fearfulness, and
Anxiety in Rodent Offspring
* 4. The Effects of Various Forms of Maternal Neglect of a Young Infant
on the Subsequent
* Development of Maternal Behavior and its Associated Neural Systems in
the Affected Infant
* 5. Conclusions
* Chapter 10. Development of the Parental Brain in Humans
* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Responsiveness: A
Behavioral Analysis
* 3. Normal Variations in Parental Behavior are Related to the
Development of the Parental Brain
* in Offspring
* 4. The Relationships Between Abnormal Parental Care and the
Development of Neural Circuits
* that Could Impact Parental Behavior in the Affected Offspring
* 5. Conclusions
* Chapter 11. Evolutionary Perspectives on the Parental Brain
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Brain Modifications that May Underpin Alloparental Behavior
* 3. MPOA Interactions with the Mesolimbic DA System Regulate the
Appetitive Aspects of
* Maternal Behavior, Male Sexual Behavior, and Female Sexual Behavior
* 4. Modifications to the Core MPOA-to-VTA-DA Circuit and the Formation
of an Enduring
* Mother-Infant Bond in Mammals
* 5. The Neural Mechanism of the Mother-Infant Bond: A Potential Neural
Foundation for the
* Enduring Pair Bond that Forms between Mates in Socially Monogamous
Mammalian Species
* 6. The Potential Contribution of Maternal Neural Circuits to the
Neural Basis of Human
* Hyper-Cooperation and Hyper-Prosociality
* 7. Conclusions