The State of Art of Biological Processes in Paternal Care

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2014

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Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

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REDALYC : Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

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Psicología genetic Paternal care neurochemistry neural activation

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Care and treatment

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Rui Alexandre Nunes-Costa et al., « The State of Art of Biological Processes in Paternal Care », Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, ID : 10670/1.b2ci7n

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"This review of the state of art aimed to present the most recent data on neuronal, neurochemical, hor- monal and genetic bases of paternal care using MEDLINE and PsycInfo databases (1970-2013). An integrated model of biological substrates that assist men in the transition to fatherhood is presented. Guided by a genetic background, hypothalamic-midbrain-limbic-paralimbic-cortical circuits were found to be activated in fathers when infant stimuli are presented. A set of speci fi c neuropeptides and steroid hormones are produced and seem to be related to brain activation, potentiating the paternal phenotype. Together, genetic, brain and hormonal processes suggest the existence of biological bases of paternal care in humans, activated and enhanced by infant stimuli and responsive to variations in the father-infant relationship."

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