The effects of lactation and ambient temperature on the body temperature of female Norway rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 959-961

  Jans, James E ^a   Leon, Michael ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Mother young interactions; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSS; HYPERTHERMIA; LACTATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0020636397     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(83)90261-5     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Rodents
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4. Thermoendocrine influences on maternal nesting behavior in rats
5. Prolactin-steroid influences on the thermal basis for mother-young contact in Norway rats
6. Acute elevation of the heat load of mother rats curtails maternal nest bouts