Influence of parental deprivation on the behavioral development in Octodon degus: Modulation by maternal vocalizations

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Braun, Katharina ^a   Kremz, Petra ^a   Wetzel, Wolfram ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a   Poeggel, Gerd ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotions; Exploration; Handling; Octodon degus; Open field; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RODENTIA; RUNNING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0037230996     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10096     Document Type: Article

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