External factors also interact with hormones to influence maternal nest-building behavior.

Using this context, the mother is able to explore and develop her maternal behavior.

DiPietro is one of the only scientists in the world who are studying the relationship between maternal and fetal behavior.

Oxytocin is involved in the control of maternal behavior.

Still, it is a big leap to predict human maternal behavior from a pride of rats.

Different areas/structures of the brain are associated with different factors which contribute to maternal behavior.

These brain areas together allow for maternal behavior and related systems.

Both chemicals facilitate pair bonding and maternal behavior in experiments on laboratory animals.

By instinct, meaning that their maternal behavior is in some way programmed into their genes.

In addition, they were also observed to exhibit another remarkable maternal behavior.