Patterns of parental behavior : from animal science to comparative ethology and neuroscience / / edited by Gabriela González-Mariscal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910616364503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783030977627; 9783030977610
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 pages)
• Collana: Advances in Neurobiology ; ; v.27
• Disciplina: 599.056
• Soggetti: Mammals - Behavior; Parental behavior in animals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Parental Behavior in Rodents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Patterns of Maternal Caregiving -- Sciuromorpha -- Hystricomorpha -- Castorimorpha -- Anomaluromorpha -- 3 Neural Basis of Maternal Caregiving in Rodents -- 4 Endocrinology of Maternal Caregiving in Rodents -- Steroid Hormones and Maternal Care: Estrogens and Progesterone -- Protein and Peptide Hormones and Maternal Care: Prolactin and Oxytocin -- 5 Patterns of Paternal Caregiving -- 6 Neural Basis of Paternal Caregiving -- 7 Endocrinology of Paternal Caregiving -- Steroid Hormones and Paternal Care -- Peptide and Protein Hormones and Paternal Care -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Parental Behavior in Carnivores -- 1 Introduction -- Paternal Care -- 2 Prepartum Behavior: Preparation for Arrival of the Young -- 3 Parturition -- 4 Postpartum Care and Transition to Independence -- Nursing -- Den Hygiene and Safety -- Mother-Young Recognition -- Alloparental Care -- Weaning -- Postweaning Care -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Onset of Maternal Behavior in Sheep and Goats: Endocrine, Sensory, Neural, and Experiential Mechanisms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Characteristics of the Onset of Maternal Behavior -- Behavior During the Prepartum Period -- Behavior at Parturition and Maternal Responsiveness -- Individual Recognition of the Young: Maternal Selectivity -- 3 Immediate Factors Controlling Maternal ; Responsiveness -- Physiological Changes During Pregnancy and Parturition -- Hormonal Factors Controlling Maternal Responsiveness -- Sensory Factors Controlling Maternal Responsiveness -- Brain Regions Involved in Maternal Responsiveness -- 4 Immediate Factors Controlling Maternal Selectivity -- Olfactory Cues -- Visual and Auditory Cues -- Brain Regions Involved in Selectivity -- The Olfactory Bulb -- Beyond the Olfactory Bulb.; 5 Environmental Factors Regulating the Onset of Maternal Behavior: Nutrition Levels -- 6 Personality Traits and Experiential Factors Regulating the Onset of Maternal Behavior -- Breed Differences -- Temperament -- Maternal Experience -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Parental Behaviour in Sows -- 1 Nest-Building Behaviour -- Background -- Hormonal Control of Nest-Building Behaviour -- Environmental Requirements -- Effects of Modern Housing in Confinement on Nest-Building Behaviour -- Consequences of Lacking Nest-Building Behaviour -- 2 Farrowing -- 3 Lactation -- Nursing Behaviour -- Aggressive Behaviour -- Is Maternal Behaviour Inherited? -- Cross-Fostering in the Pig -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Rabbit Maternal Behavior: A Perspective from Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Animal Production, and Psychobiology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Doe's Behavior Throughout Pregnancy and Parturition: Mother-Offspring Activities During Lactation -- Nest Building in the Laboratory, on the Farm, and in the Wild -- Hormones and Brain Targets Regulating Specific Aspects of Nest Building -- Effect of Environmental Factors (Housing, Available Materials, Seminatural Enclosures) -- Effect of Social Rank -- Delivery, Placentophagia, Postpartum Estrus, and Their Management on the Farm -- Duration of Kindling and Kit Survival in Relation to Maternal Social Rank -- Mating Postpartum in the Lab, on the Farm, and in the Wild: Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Consequences for the Doe -- Fostering Kits -- Lactation: Behavioral Aspects -- Periodicity of Nursing, Suckling Bout Duration, and Impact of Litter Size -- Photoperiod and "Clock Genes" -- Domestic Breeds vs. Wild Animals -- Effect of Different Housing Systems -- Milk Production Across Early, Middle, and Late Lactation (with and Without Concurrent Pregnancy) -- Impact of Breed, Litter Size, and Environmental Factors.; Main Hormones Involved -- Weaning -- Kits' Behavior -- In Anticipation of Nursing, During Suckling (Change in Teat Position), and After Milk Intake -- Critical Assessment of Biostimulation on Kit Development -- 3 Maternal Nest Building in the Rabbit as a Possible Model for Elucidating the Neurobiological Control of Compulsive Behavior -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Dysregulation of Normal, Adaptive Behavior? -- Neurobiology of OCD and Straw-Carrying -- Relationship Between OCD, Straw-Carrying, and Normal Maternal Behavior -- 4 Final Reflections -- References -- Parental Behavior in Bovines -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origin and Distribution of Cattle -- 3 Breeds of Cattle -- 4 Cow-Calf Behavior When Kept in the Wild or Under Seminatural Conditions -- Behavior Around Calving -- The Behavior of the Calf Immediately After Birth -- Maternal Licking of the Calf -- Vocalization in Calves and Cows -- Cow-Calf Attachment -- Teat-Seeking and First Suckling -- 5 Cow-Calf Behaviors During Development -- Suckling During Growth -- The First Weeks of Life -- Distance Between Calf and Cow -- Contact Between Calf and Cow During Growth -- Weaning by the Cow or by Humans After Longer Suckling Periods -- 6 Reproductive Endocrinology Around Parturition -- Placenta Expulsion Postpartum -- 7 The Behavior of Dairy Calves and Cows in Different Systems -- Group Housing of Cows During Calving -- Effects of Deprivation of Maternal Care ; on the Newborn Calf -- Effects of Cow-Calf Separation in Dairy Cattle at Different Times Postpartum -- Fostering Calves onto Foster Cows -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Nonhuman Primate Paternal Care: Species and Individual Differences in Behavior and Mechanisms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Is Paternal Care, and Why Is It Important? -- 3 How Is Paternal Care Activated and Controlled?.; 4 What Have We Learned About the Basic Biology of Reproductive and Parenting Hormones and the Role of the Sensory Systems in Paternal Care? -- 5 How Does Paternal Care Vary Within and Between the Species That We Study? -- 6 Directions for Future Research -- References -- Recent Neuroscience Advances in Human Parenting -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Maternal Brain Circuits -- 3 Maternal Functional Brain Adaptations -- Task-Based fMRI -- Resting-State fMRI -- 4 Maternal Structural Brain Adaptations -- 5 Proposed Neural Mechanisms Mediating the Genesis and Operation of the Human Parental Brain -- Neuroplasticity -- Myelination -- Microglia, the Brain's Immune Cells -- 6 The Late-Life Parental Brain -- 7 Non-birthing Parents -- The Paternal Brain -- Functional Brain Adaptations -- Structural Brain Adaptations -- The Alloparental Brain -- Grandparents -- Adoptive and Foster Parents -- 8 Perinatal Mental Illness -- Perinatal Depression (PND) -- Perinatal Anxiety Disorders -- Postpartum Psychosis (PP) -- Factors Influencing Perinatal Mental Illness -- Nonpregnant Parents -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Integrative Studies of the Effects of Mothers on Offspring: An Example from Wild North American Red Squirrels -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Kluane Red Squirrel Project -- 3 North American Red Squirrels -- 4 Methods for Quantifying Effects of Mothers on Offspring and Maternal Behavior -- Quantitative Genetics -- Maternal Attentiveness -- Maternal Physiology -- 5 Impact of Mothers on Offspring in Red Squirrels -- Offspring Postnatal Growth Rates -- Offspring Behavior -- Offspring Physiology -- Offspring Survival -- 6 Future Directions -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Index.