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Parental brain and socioeconomic epigenetic effects in human development

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Critically significant parental effects in behavioral genetics may be partly understood as a consequence of maternal brain structure and function of caregiving systems recently studied in humans as well as rodents. Key parental brain areas regulate emotions, motivation/reward, and decision making, as well as more complex social-cognitive circuits. Additional key environmental factors must include socioeconomic status and paternal brain physiology. These have implications for developmental and evolutionary biology as well as public policy.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x12001112

Authors: James E. Swain, Suzanne C. Perkins, Carolyn J. Dayton, Eric D. Finegood, S. Shaun Ho

Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Awards: Childhood Poverty and Brain Development: The Role of Chronic Stress and Parenting, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) (UL1), Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MCHR), G8899495959