Maternal interactions prior to separation potentiate isolation-induced calling in rat pups

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1158-1167

  Hofer, Myron A ^a,b   Brunelli, Susan A ^a   Masmela, Jenny ^a   Shair, Harry N ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; SEPARATION ANXIETY; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029861835     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.5.1158     Document Type: Article

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