Neurobiological Correlates of Fatherhood During the Postpartum Period: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: During the postpartum period, the paternal brain suffers extensive and complex neurobiological alterations, through the experience of father-infant interactions. Although the impact of such experience in the mother has been increasingly studied over the past years, less is known about the neurobiological correlates of fatherhood-that is, the alterations in the brain and other physiological systems associated with the experience of fatherhood. With the present study, we aimed to perform a scoping review of the available literature on the genetic, neuroendocrine, and brain correlates of fatherhood and identify the main gaps in the current knowledge. PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science electronic databases were searched for eligible studies on paternal neuroplasticity during the postpartum per

SUBMITTER: Sobral M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8850250 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature