The effects of medial preoptic area and amygdala lesions on maternal behavior in the juvenile rat

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-265

  Oxley, Gina ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Limbic system; Maternal neuroanatomy; Neural development; Play behavior; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LICKING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; REARING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033658509     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2302(2000)37:4<253::AID-DEV6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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