基于大脑机制的亲子教养(翻译四十四)
2018-04-04 本文已影响23人
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It is this priming process that helps make babies so endearing and irresistible to their parents.
这个启动过程让父母觉得宝宝们显得尤其可爱,难以对他们忽略。
What brain chemicals initiate this priming of the medial preoptic area?
那启动内侧视前区的化学物质是什么呢?
Estrogen appears to be the key here, and prolactin, best known for stimulating milk production in nursing mothers, also plays a very important role, surprisingly, in fathers as well as mothers.
雌激素似乎是问题的关键所在,而催乳素,也起着非常重要的作用。令人惊讶的是,催乳素对父亲也起作用。
When estrogen is released into the medial preoptic area, it apparently sensitizes the receptors for prolactin and for oxytocin (which is produced and released from two other regions of the hypothalamus).
当雌激素被释放到内侧的前视区时,它便刺激该区域的受体对催乳素和催产素产生敏感性(催产素是由下丘脑的另外两个区域产生和释放的)。