Effects of unilateral suckling on nursing behavior and c-fos activity in the caudal periaqueductal gray in rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-275

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a,b   Stern, Judith M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Lactation; Maternal behavior; Milk ejection; Nipples; Nursing behavior; Somatosensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; KYPHOSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTURE; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032710859     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199912)35:4<264::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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