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Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications
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This article is part of a Special Issue "Parental Care". Mother-infant bonding is a characteristic of virtually all mammals. The maternal neural system may have provided the scaffold upon which other types of social bonds in mammals have been built. For example, most mammals exhibit a polygamous mating system, but monogamy and pair bonding between mating partners occur in ~5% of mammalian species. In mammals, it is plausible that the neural mechanisms that promote mother-infant bonding have been modified by natural selection to establish the capacity to develop a selective bond with a mate during the evolution of monogamous mating strategies. Here we compare the details of the neural mechanisms that promote mother-infant bonding in rats and other mammals with those that underpin pair bond formation in the monogamous prairie vole. Although details remain to be resolved, remarkable similarities and a few differences between the mechanisms underlying these two types of bond formation are revealed. For example, amygdala and nucleus accumbens-ventral pallidum (NA-VP) circuits are involved in both types of bond formation, and dopamine and oxytocin actions within NA appear to promote the synaptic plasticity that allows either infant or mating partner stimuli to persistently activate NA-VP attraction circuits, leading to an enduring social attraction and bonding. Further, although the medial preoptic area is essential for maternal behavior, its role in pair bonding remains to be determined. Our review concludes by examining the broader implications of this comparative analysis, and evidence is provided that the maternal care system may have also provided the basic neural foundation for other types of strong social relationships, beyond pair bonding, in mammals, including humans.
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“Oxytocin is also released somatodendritically to act within the SON and PVN to facilitate synchronous firing and pulsatile release during parturition and nursing”
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“Animal24 and human studies25 indicate that similar neural systems and behavioral patterns underpin the parent-infant and pair bonds and demonstrate that both forms of human attachment are characterized by behavioral synchrony26–28.”
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“Work in rats has demonstrated that central OT signalling is crucial for the onset of maternal nurturing behaviour (1,2).”
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“In monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), OT and AVP interact with the dopamine system to facilitate the formation of pair bonds between mates (2,6).”
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“OXTR affects a range of social behaviors in animals including maternal nurturing and bonding (1, 2), social reward and gregariousness (3, 4), social recognition (5), and pair bonding in monogamous species (6–8).”
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“The mother–infant bond is thought to be the evolutionary and neurobiological origin for the capacity to form adult social bonds in species that form bonds between mates, like humans.”
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“Although it remains unclear whether learning in human infants is the same as the rodent, NE plays a critical role in bond formation in numerous species (Nelson and Panksepp, 1998, Numan and Young, 2016), suggesting it is a phylogenetically conserved system.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Numan, M., & Young, L. J.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Numan, Michael
- ORCID
- Young, Larry J.
- Venue
- Hormones and Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 77
- Pages
- 98-112
- ISSN
- 0018-506X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4671834
- OpenAlex
- W625443388
- Cited by
- 355
- References
- 156
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 33
- FWCI
- 5.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01MH096983, 1P50MH100023, OD P51OD11132)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- mother-infant bonding, pair bonding, monogamy, Microtus ochrogaster, rats, amygdala, dopamine, oxytocin, synaptic plasticity, medial preoptic area, maternal behavior
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Dopamine, Female, Mammals, Maternal Behavior, Mothers, Object Attachment, Oxytocin, Pair Bond, Cerebrum
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