Effects of warmth on newborn rats' motor activity and oral responsiveness to an artificial nipple

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 675-682

  Bacher, Leigh F ^a,b   Smotherman, William P ^a   Robertson, Steven S ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULATION; SUCKLING;

EID: 0034973766     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.115.3.675     Document Type: Article

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