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<journal-id>0484-7903</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de anestesiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. anestesiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0484-7903</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Anestesiología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0484-79032023000300216</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/111080</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El abrazo, de las bases a su expresión en la vida y el arte]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The embrace of the people to their expression in life and art]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Suárez-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mendoza-Popoca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cecilia Úrsula]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carrillo-Esper]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raúl]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico ABC  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Academia Nacional de Medicina de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>216</fpage>
<lpage>225</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0484-79032023000300216&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0484-79032023000300216&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0484-79032023000300216&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El confinamiento y aislamiento social durante la pandemia por COVID-19 limitaron el contacto físico estrecho, en especial los de cercanía, del que destacan los abrazos. El impacto social del vacío y aislamiento afectivo aún perdura. El abrazo es una respuesta innata afectiva del ser humano que se expresa en diferentes circunstancias. Tiene su origen en diferentes regiones cerebrales, que van de las límbicas a las corticales, en las que se entrelaza una compleja interacción entre aferencias, sistemas de señalización y neurotransmisores que condicionan una respuesta neurohormonal con impacto multisistémico. El abrazo va más allá de este complejo sustrato, representa la sublimación de lo meramente anatómico y fisiológico, a la manifestación afectiva del espíritu humano. El objetivo de este breve ensayo es poner a su consideración las bases neurocientíficas del abrazo y su expresión en la complejidad de la vida y el arte.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Confinement and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic limited close physical contact, especially close ones, of which hugs stand out. The social impact of emptiness and affective isolation still endures. The hug is an innate affective response of the human being that is expressed in different circumstances. It originates from different brain regions, ranging from limbic to cortical, in which a complex interaction between afferents, signaling systems, and neurotransmitters is intertwined, conditioning a neurohormonal response with multisystem impact. The hug goes beyond this complex substrate, it represents the sublimation of the merely anatomical and physiological, to the affective manifestation of the human spirit. The objective of this brief essay is to put to your consideration the neuroscientific bases of the hug and its expression in the complexity of life and art.]]></p></abstract>
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