Commentary: Is maternal stimulation the mediator of the handling effect in infancy?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-3

  Denenberg, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Handling; Infancy; Maternal behavior; Mice; Rabbits; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

FOSTER CARE; INFANCY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; RABBITS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032922877     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199901)34:1<1::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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