Adverse caregiving in infancy blunts neural processing of the mother

The roots of psychopathology take shape during adverse parent-infant interactions, shown through infant attachment quality. Using rodents, the authors show that blunted infant cortical processing of the mother determines attachment quality through a stress hormone-dependent mechanism.

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Main Authors: Maya Opendak, Emma Theisen, Anna Blomkvist, Kaitlin Hollis, Teresa Lind, Emma Sarro, Johan N. Lundström, Nim Tottenham, Mary Dozier, Donald A. Wilson, Regina M. Sullivan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/308f44b434014e0aaf98e5ebb5db1ef4
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