Biological Psychiatry
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 415-423 , 15 February 2008

The Functional Neuroanatomy of Maternal Love: Mother’s Response to Infant’s Attachment Behaviors

  • Madoka Noriuchi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Madoka Noriuchi, Ph.D., Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Frontier Health Science, Division of Human Health Science, Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan University, Higashi-Ogu 7-2-10, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8551 Japan
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  • Yoshiaki Kikuchi
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  • Atsushi Senoo

Received 19 January 2007 ,Revised 13 May 2007 ,Accepted 14 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.05.018

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 415-423 , 15 February 2008

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