Mother-young bond in non-human mammals: Neonatal communication pathways and neurobiological basis

Frontiers in Psychology

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Daniel Mota-Rojas¹  Cécile Bienboire-Frosini²  Míriam Marcet-Rius³  Adriana Domínguez-Oliva¹  Patricia Mora-Medina⁴  Karina Lezama-García¹  Agustín Orihuela⁵ 

[1]Neurophysiology, Behavior and Animal Welfare Assessment, DPAA, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco Campus

[2]Department of Molecular Biology and Chemical Communication, Research Institute in Semiochemistry and Applied Ethology

[3]Animal Behaviour and Welfare Department, Research Institute in Semiochemistry and Applied Ethology

[4]Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

[5]Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

关键词: Bonding;    Maternal recognition;    olfactory;    visual;    licking;    vocalization;    sensitive period;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1064444

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Mother-young bonding is a process by which the young establish social preferences for their mother. It fosters reproductive success and the survival of offspring by providing food, heat, and maternal care. This process promotes the establishment of the mother-young bond through the interaction of olfactory, auditory, tactile, visual, and thermal stimuli. The neural integration of multimodal sensory stimuli and attachment are coordinated into motor responses. The sensory and neurobiological mechanisms involved in filial recognition in precocial and altricial mammals are summarized and analyzed in this review.

【 授权许可】

CC BY