Nest temperature: Effects on maternal behavior, pup development, and interactions with handling

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 519-534

  Jans, James E ^a   Woodside, Barbara C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BROWN FAT; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0025015350     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.420230607     Document Type: Article

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