Exposure to drugs early in life has complex and long‐lasting implications for brain structure
and function. This review summarizes work to date on the immediate and long‐term effects …

Mounting evidence from animal models and human studies indicates that psychostimulants
can significantly affect social behaviors. This is not surprising considering that the neural …

Between 1999 and 2014, the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant
women quadrupled in the USA. The standard treatment for peripartum women with OUD is …

Introduction Continued development and refinement of resting state functional connectivity
(RSFC) fMRI techniques in both animal and clinical studies has enhanced our …

Although drug rewards and natural rewards share neural substrates, the neuronal activation
patterns and mechanisms behind the interaction between cocaine and social reward are …

Maternal behavior (MB) is a complex response to infant cues, orchestrated by postpartum
neurophysiology. Although mesolimbic dopamine contributes toward MB, little is known …

The neonate distress cry, which displays a similar acoustic structure across a range of
mammalian species, is highly effective in attracting, even compelling, parental care …

Acoustic features of infant distress vocalizations including latency and rate of emission are
used as indices of neurological deficit and integrity in human and rodent neonates. This …

Drug abuse often has negative impacts on parenting behavior. The dopamine (DA), arginine
vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) systems are involved in paternal behavior and drug …

El abuso materno de cocaína durante la gestación se relaciona con negligencia, maltrato y
perturbación del vínculo madre-hijo, lo que incide directamente en el desarrollo de los …