Neurobiología del "vínculo de apego" y embarazo

  1. Giménez Amaya, José Manuel
Zeitschrift:
Cuadernos de bioética

ISSN: 1132-1989 2386-3773

Datum der Publikation: 2009

Titel der Ausgabe: "Bioética y Con-ciencia"

Ausgabe: 20

Nummer: 70

Seiten: 333-338

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: Cuadernos de bioética

Zusammenfassung

Functional neuroimage techniques show how certain brain areas are activated, while others become silent, when a mother sees her son or hears his voice. This is the neural correlate of the emotion, which the presence of her son generates, under diverse circumstances, in the mother. Brain is organised to mediate the complex maternal behaviour. For that, gene expression is orchestrated by different hormonal and neurochemicals factors of pregnancy. Maternal behaviors might be reasonably well characterized in terms of cognitive-emotional interactions and brain amygdale function is their cognitive-emotional connector hubs.