Thermoregulatory competence and behavioral expression in the young of altricial species - Revisited

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-123

  Blumberg, Mark S ^a   Sokoloff, Greta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Development; Hamster; Homeostasis; Rat; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN PROTECTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HAMSTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT LOSS; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; MAMMALS; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031715202     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199809)33:2<107::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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