Variation in motor activity on different time scales and responsiveness to oral stimulation in the rat fetus

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-131

  MacLennan, Benjamin D ^a   Smotherman, William P ^a   Robertson, Steven S ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nipple; Early development; Fetus; Motor behavior; Suckling; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FETUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUCKING; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FETUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; NIPPLES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031719515     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199809)33:2<125::AID-DEV3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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