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Urinary prolactin is correlated with mothering and allo-mothering in squirrel monkeys
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The squirrel monkey may represent a new primate model for investigating the endocrinology of infant care-giving and changes in urinary prolactin over time reflected changes in the reproductive state of a female who was pregnant, gave birth and lactated during the study.Citations
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Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care
TL;DR: Overall, consistent and coherent evidence from physiologic understandings and human and animal studies finds that the innate hormonal physiology of childbearing has significant benefits for mothers and babies.
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Breastfeeding and the mother-infant relationship—A review
TL;DR: It is concluded that assumptions on a positive role of breastfeeding on the mother–infant relationship are not supported by empirical evidence, and recommendation of breastfeeding should solely be based on its well-documented positive effects on infant and maternal health.
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Failed lactation and perinatal depression: common problems with shared neuroendocrine mechanisms?
TL;DR: It is hypothesize that shared neuroendocrine mechanisms contribute to both failed lactation and perinatal mood disorders.
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The neuroendocrinology of primate maternal behavior
TL;DR: Preliminary evidence indicates that oxytocin and endogenous opioids affect maternal attachment to infants, including maintenance of contact, grooming, and responses to separation, and that brain serotonin affects anxiety and impulsivity, which in turn may affect maternal behaviors.
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Non-invasive monitoring of physiological markers in primates.
Verena Behringer,Tobias Deschner +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of endocrine and immune markers that have been successfully monitored in relation to topics of interest in primate behavioral ecology is given, followed by explaining which hormones can be measured in which matrices, and potential problems with measurements.
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Prolactin: Structure, Function, and Regulation of Secretion
TL;DR: The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive survey of the current understanding of prolactin's function and its regulation and to expose some of the controversies still existing.
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Hormonal correlates of paternal responsiveness in new and expectant fathers
TL;DR: This pattern of hormonal change in men and other paternal mammals, and its absence in nonpaternal species, suggests that hormones may play a role in priming males to provide care for young.
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Central prolactin infusions stimulate maternal behavior in steroid-treated, nulliparous female rats.
TL;DR: Findings demonstrate a central site of PRL action in the stimulation of maternal responsiveness and point to the medial preoptic area as a key neural site for PRL regulation of maternal behavior.
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Lactogenesis. The transition from pregnancy to lactation.
TL;DR: Fundamental studies of the molecular mechanisms by which progesterone and milk removal interact with the mammary epithelial cell at parturition must be coupled with good prospective clinical studies if physicians are to obtain a useful, comprehensive understanding of lactogenesis in women.
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Competitive regimes and female bonding in two species of squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri oerstedi and S. sciureus )
TL;DR: The correlated ecological and social variables found in these two congeners further minimize the minor effects of phylogenetic differences and emphasize the importance of food distribution in determining social characteristics.