Brain Substrates of Infant–Mother Attachment: Contributions of Opioids , Oxytocin, and Norepinephrine
Eric E Nelson, Jaak Panksepp (1998)
Science 22 (3) p. 437-452
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Evidence for a neuroendocrinological foundation of human affiliation: plasma oxytocin levels across pregnancy and the postpartum period predict mother-infant bonding.
Ruth Feldman, Aron Weller, Orna Zagoory-Sharon, Ari Levine (2007) Psychological Science 18 (11) p. 965-970
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The neurobiology of social attachment: A comparative approach to behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neurochemical studies
Kimberly A Young, Yan Liu, Zuoxin Wang (2008)
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 148 (4) p. 401-410
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A Specific and Rapid Neural Signature for Parental Instinct
Morten L Kringelbach, Annukka Lehtonen, Sarah Squire, Allison G Harvey, Michelle G Craske, Ian E Holliday, Alexander L Green, Tipu Z Aziz, Peter C Hansen, Piers L Cornelissen, Alan Stein (2008) PLoS ONE 3 (2) p. 7
Champagne, F., Diorio, J., Sharma, S., & Meaney, M. J. (2001). Naturally occurring variations in maternal behavior in the rat are associated with differences in estrogen-inducible central oxytocin receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(22), 12736–41. doi:10.1073/pnas.221224598
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Numan, M. (2006). Hypothalamic neural circuits regulating maternal responsiveness toward infants. Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience reviews, 5(4), 163–90. doi:10.1177/1534582306288790
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Developing a Sense of Safety: The Neurobiology of Neonatal 
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Regina M. Sullivan
Ann NY Acad Sci. 2003 December; 1008: 122–131. 
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Nitschke, J. B., Nelson, E. E., Rusch, B. D., Fox, A. S., Oakes, T. R., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Orbitofrontal cortex tracks positive mood in mothers viewing pictures of their newborn infants. NeuroImage, 21(2), 583–92. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.10.005
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Neonatal Handling Affects Durably Bonding and Social Development
Henry S, Richard-Yris M-A, Tordjman S, Hausberger M (2009) 
PLoS ONE4(4): e5216. doi:10.1371
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Love and attachment: the psychobiology of social bonding.
Dan J Stein, Bavanisha Vythilingum (2009)
CNS spectrums 14 (5) p. 239-42
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Effects of oxytocin on recollections of maternal care and closeness.
Jennifer A Bartz, Jamil Zaki, Kevin N Ochsner, Niall Bolger, Alexander Kolevzon, Natasha Ludwig, John E Lydon (2010)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (50) p. 21371-21375
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Oxytocin receptor ( OXTR ) and serotonin transporter ( 5-HTT ) genes associated with observed parenting
Marian J Bakermans-kranenburg, Marinus H Van Ijzendoorn (2008)
Sciences-New York p. 128-134
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Oxytocin and the neural mechanisms regulating social cognition and affiliative behavior
Heather E. Ross, Larry J. Young (2009)
30 (4) p. 534-547
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Oxytocin and mutual communication in mother-infant bonding.
Miho Nagasawa, Shota Okabe, Kazutaka Mogi, Takefumi Kikusui (2012)
Frontiers in human neuroscience 6 (February) p. 31
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Taylor, S. E. (2008). Genetic contributions to sensitive parenting. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 3(2), 89–90. doi:10.1093/scan/nsn015
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Debiec, J. (2007). From affiliative behaviors to romantic feelings: A role of nanopeptides. FEBS Letters, 581(14), 2580–2586.
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Bosch, O. J., & Neumann, I. D. (2008). Brain vasopressin is an important regulator of maternal behavior independent of dams’ trait anxiety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(44), 17139–44. doi:10.1073/pnas.0807412105
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The challenge of translation in social neuroscience: a review of oxytocin, vasopressin, and affiliative behavior.
Thomas R Insel (2010)
Neuron 65 (6) p. 768-79
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Baby Stimuli and the Parent Brain: Functional Neuroimaging of the Neural Substrates of Parent-Infant Attachment
August 2008
by James E. Swain, MD, PhD
Yale Child Study Center, Program for Risk, Resilience and Recovery
Innovations In Clinical Neuroscience (Edgemont) 2008;5(8):28–36