From Mas Ichise, MD and Bob Innis, MD, PhD at National Institutes of Mental Health comes some primate research on attachment, the brain, and later emotional and behavioral problems: Neuroimaging of the effects on the brain of maternal deprivation.
Monkeys who suffered maternal deprivation (raise by their peers, instead) were shown to have a deficit in serotonin transporters in the brain. Serotonin is one of the neurotransmitters connected with depression and other emotional issues in humans (and why drugs that increase the availability for serotonin in the brain, like Prozac, are used to try to address depression.)
This work supports, even more than the evidence we already have, that early attachment is key for wiring the brain to be able to have optimal mental health and well-being in later life.
Read the article HERE.
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