Maternal Responsiveness of Neonatally Undernourished and Sensory Stimulated Rats: Rehabilitation of Maternal Behavior

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-18

  Regalado, M ^a   Torrero, C ^a   Salas, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Early undernutrition; Maternal responsiveness; Sensory cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002561567     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.1999.11747257     Document Type: Article

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