Maternally directed orienting behaviors of newborn rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-279

  Polan, H Jonathan ^a   Hofer, Myron A ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Filial behavior; Maternally directed orienting; Neonatal behavior; Rats; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; RAT; SUCKLING; TACTILE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032947889     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199905)34:2<269::AID-DEV3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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