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The paternal transition entails neuroanatomic adaptations that are associated with the father's brain response to his infant cues

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Bioingenieríaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de Investigación: Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation Groupes
dc.contributor.authorPaternina Die, María Del Carmen
dc.contributor.authorMartínez García, Magdalena Teresa
dc.contributor.authorPetrus, Clara
dc.contributor.authorHoekzema, Elseline
dc.contributor.authorBarba Müller, Erika
dc.contributor.authorMartin de Blas, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorPozzobon, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorBallesteros, Agustín
dc.contributor.authorVillarroya, Óscar
dc.contributor.authorDesco Menéndez, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorCarmona Cañabate, Susana
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-17T10:18:05Z
dc.date.available2021-05-17T10:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-04
dc.description.abstractThe transition into fatherhood is a life-changing event that requires substantial psychological adaptations. In families that include a father figure, sensitive paternal behavior has been shown to positively impact the infant's development. Yet, studies exploring the neuroanatomic adaptations of men in their transition into fatherhood are scarce. The present study used surface-based methods to reanalyze a previously published prospective magnetic resonance imaging dataset comprised of 20 first-time fathers (preconception-to-postpartum) and 17 childless men. We tested if the transition into fatherhood entailed changes in cortical volume, thickness, and area and whether these changes were related to 2 indicators of paternal experience. Specifically, we tested if such changes were associated with (1) the baby's age and/or (2) the fathers' brain activity in response to pictures of their babies compared with an unknown baby. Results indicated that first-time fathers exhibited a significant reduction in cortical volume and thickness of the precuneus. Moreover, higher volume reduction and cortical thinning were associated with stronger brain responses to pictures of their own baby in parental brain regions. This is the first study showing preconception-to-postpartum neuroanatomical adaptations in first-time fathers associated with the father's brain response to cues of his infant.en
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades project (RTI2018-093952-B-100); Instituto de Salud Carlos III projects (CP16/00096 and PI17/00064); cofunded by European Regional Development Fund, "A way of making Europe" and by "La Caixa" Foundation under the project code LCF/PR/HR19/52160001, and by the European Research Council under the project code 883069. The project ASPIDE has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 801091. M.M.G. and S.S.C. were funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PFIS contract FI18/00255 and Miguel Servet Type I research contract CP16/00096, respectively), and cofunded by European Social Fund "Investing in your future". The Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares is supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades and the Pro CNIC Foundation, and is a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence (SEV-2015-0505). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.es
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationCerebral cortex communications, 1(1), Nov. 2021, 11 pp.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa082
dc.identifier.issn2632-7376
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1es
dc.identifier.publicationissue1es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage11es
dc.identifier.publicationtitleCerebral cortex communicationsen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume1es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/32650
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000027875
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/801091/ASPIDEen
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/883069/BEMOTHERen
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. RTI2018-093952-B-100es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. FI18/00255es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. CP16/00096es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. SEV-2015-0505es
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press.en
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
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dc.subject.ecienciaBiología y Biomedicinaes
dc.subject.otherFatherhooden
dc.subject.otherMRIen
dc.subject.otherNeuroimagingen
dc.subject.otherParental brainen
dc.titleThe paternal transition entails neuroanatomic adaptations that are associated with the father's brain response to his infant cuesen
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