Classical conditioning in the rat fetus: Temporal characteristics and behavioral correlates of the conditioned response

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-130

  Smotherman, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nipple; Classical conditioning; Fetal behavior; Kappa opioid system; Learning; Milk; Mu opioid system; Rat fetus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LIMB MOVEMENT; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROOMING; MENTAL RECALL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REFLEX, STRETCH; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TASTE; TOUCH;

EID: 0036080464     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10017     Document Type: Article

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