Neurobiología del "vínculo de apego" y embarazo
ISSN: 1132-1989, 2386-3773
Année de publication: 2009
Titre de la publication: "Bioética y Con-ciencia"
Volumen: 20
Número: 70
Pages: 333-338
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Cuadernos de bioética
Résumé
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.