Functions of the caudal periaqueductal gray in lactating rats: Kyphosis, lordosis, maternal aggression, and fearfulness

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1502-1518

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a,b,c   Simmons, Danielle A ^a,b,d   Stern, Judith M ^a,b  

^a Sports Barn Chattanooga Lifestyle C   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INJURY; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; KYPHOSIS; LACTATION; LORDOSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEAR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032438373     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.6.1502     Document Type: Article

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