Mother-infant interactions in two strains of rats: Implications for dissociating mechanism and function of a maternal pattern

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-312

  Moore, Celia L ^a   Wong, Lisa ^a   Daum, Mary C ^a   Leclair, Ojingwa U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross foster; Maternal behavior; Maternal effects; Reproductive success; Sexual behavior; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031133498     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199705)30:4<301::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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