The Maternal Brain

Content: 
List of contributors
Pages v-vii

Preface
Page ix
J.A. Russell, A.J. Douglas, R.J. Windle, C.D. Ingram

Chapter 1 Brain preparations for maternity — adaptive changes in behavioral and neuroendocrine systems during pregnancy and lactation. An overview Original Research Article
Pages 1-38
John A. Russell, Alison J. Douglas, Colin D. Ingram

Chapter 2 Physiological roles for the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in the modulation of brain function during pregnancy and parturition Original Research Article
Pages 39-47
Allan E. Herbison

Chapter 3 Maternity leads to morphological synaptic plasticity in the oxytocin system Original Research Article
Pages 49-58
Dionysia T. Theodosis, Dominique A. Poulain

Chapter 4 Oxytocin: who needs it? Original Research Article
Pages 59-66
Thomas R. Insel, Brenden S. Gingrich, Larry J. Young

Chapter 5 Endogenous opioid regulation of oxytocin and ACTH secretion during pregnancy and parturition Original Research Article
Pages 67-82
Alison J. Douglas, John A. Russell

Chapter 6 The maternal spinal cord: biochemical and physiological correlates of steroid-activated antinociceptive processes Original Research Article
Pages 83-97
Alan R. Gintzler, Nai-hang Liu

Chapter 7 Hypothalamic and limbic expression of CRF and vasopressin during lactation: implications for the control of ACTH secretion and stress hyporesponsiveness Original Research Article
Pages 99-110
Claire-Dominique Walker, Donna J. Toufexis, Arlette Burlet

Chapter 8 Peripartum plasticity within the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis Original Research Article
Pages 111-129
Stafford L. Lightman, Richard J. Windle, Susan A. Wood, Ybonne M. Kershaw, Nola Shanks, Colin D. Ingram

Chapter 9 The neurobiology of stress in human pregnancy: implications for prematurity and development of the fetal central nervous system Original Research Article
Pages 131-142
Pathik D. Wadhwa, Curt A. Sandman, Thomas J. Garite

Chapter 10 Alterations in behavioral and neuroendocrine stress coping strategies in pregnant, parturient and lactating rats Original Research Article
Pages 143-152
Inga D. Neumann

Chapter 11 The actions of prolactin in the brain during pregnancy and lactation Original Research Article
Pages 153-171
David R. Grattan

Chapter 12 Regulation of prolactin secretion during pregnancy and lactation Original Research Article
Pages 173-185
James L. Voogt, Youngsoo Lee, Shuping Yang, Lydia Arbogast

Chapter 13 Non-metabolic and metabolic factors causing lactational anestrus: rat models uncovering the neuroendocrine mechanism underlying the suckling-induced changes in the mother Original Research Article
Pages 187-205
Hiroko Tsukamura, Kei-ichiro Maeda

Chapter 14 Neuroendocrine changes and fertility in breast-feeding women Original Research Article
Pages 207-214
Alan S. McNeilly

Chapter 15 Food intake and leptin during pregnancy and lactation Original Research Article
Pages 215-227
Louise E. Johnstone, Takashi Higuchi

Chapter 16 Relaxin and drinking in pregnant rats Original Research Article
Pages 229-240
David J. Hornsby, Brian C. Wilson, Alastair J.S. Summerlee

Chapter 17 Neuroendocrine and emotional changes in the post-partum period Original Research Article
Pages 241-249
C.Sue Carter, Margaret Altemus, George Pchrousos

Chapter 18 Lactogenic hormone regulation of maternal behavior Original Research Article
Pages 251-262
Phyllis E. Mann, Robert S. Bridges

Chapter 19 Neural mediation of nursing and related maternal behaviors Original Research Article
Pages 263-278
Judith M. Stern, Joseph S. Lonstein

Chapter 20 Genomic imprinting and the maternal brain Original Research Article
Pages 279-285
E.Barry Keverne

Chapter 21 Like mother, like daughter: evidence for non-genomic transmission of parental behavior and stress responsivity Original Research Article
Pages 287-302
Frances Champagne, Michael J. Meaney

Chapter 22 Pregnancy and postpartum: changes in cognition and mood Original Research Article
Pages 303-319
J.Galen Buckwalter, Deborah K. Buckwalter, Brendon W. Bluestein, Frank Z. Stanczyk

Chapter 23 Molecular genetic approaches to puerperal psychosis Original Research Article
Pages 321-331
Ian Jones, Corinne Lendon, Natasha Coyle, Emma Robertson, Ian Brockington, Nick Craddock

Chapter 24 The maternal brain as a model for investigating mental illness Original Research Article
Pages 333-338
R.Channi Kumar

Chapter 25 In memoriam An appreciation of Professor Ramesh Kumar (1938–2000)
Pages 339-341
Maureen Marks, Ian P. Stolerman

Subject index
Pages 343-365