Biological Psychiatry
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 225-232 , 15 August 2004

Mothers' neural activation in response to pictures of their children and other children

  • Ellen Leibenluft

      Affiliations

    • Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch (EL, TH)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1255, Bethesda, MD 20892-1255
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  • M.Ida Gobbini

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Brain and Cognition (MIG, JVH), National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Tara Harrison

      Affiliations

    • Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch (EL, TH)
    • ,
  • James V. Haxby

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Brain and Cognition (MIG, JVH), National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Received 9 December 2003 ,Revised 15 March 2004 ,Accepted 21 May 2004.

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PII: S0006-3223(04)00616-X

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.05.017

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 225-232 , 15 August 2004

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