catherine dulac of harvard university. susanne shultz of the university of manchester. charles nelson of harvard medical school. margaret spinelli of columbia university. and once again my cohost dr. eric kandel. he is a nobel laureate a professor at columbia university and a howard hughes medical investigator. i'm pleased to have all of them here at this table this evening. >> in discussing the biology of parenting, we're going to discuss a number of topics. one is the remarkable similarity of parenting throughout the animal kingdom. we're also going to discuss the consequences of parental neglect and how disastrous that can be. and we're also going to consider the hormonal changes that occur with post-partum depression. let me put this in a somewhat broader context. in the last prospect, we considered the biology of aggression. and we learned that from david anderson's work, that the hypothalamus is concerned with aggression. there are neurons in the hypothalamus that are recruited for aggression. and interestingly, they're located, as we see in the image right next t

we have catherine dulac who made this wonderful discovery. we have susanne shultz who has been interested in the evolution of parental behavior and hormonal changes in parenting. chuck nelson has been studying a remarkable orphanage in romania in which children have lived in surprisingly isolated conditions . he is not only described the cognitive alterations but shown alterations in brain function and structure as a result. mag spinelli is a psychiatrist like myself, except competent. she's interested in postpartum depression and will tell us about hormonal changes associated with it and some of the things likely to increase the likelihood of of depression. 10% to 20% of women come down with postpartum depression. it also occurs in men and david is a person who suffered from this. the reason one doesn't know more about this is because most men are reluctant to discuss it. we are fortunate to have david here who is a physician and pediatrician and has the courage to discuss it which is not only wonderful for us but beneficial for other people