The number of male pups within a litter of NMRI mice is associated with the dam's food preferences late in pregnancy

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 250-260

  Moles, Anna ^a   Rizzi, Roberto ^a   D'Amato, Francesca R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dam's behaviour; High fat; High sweet; Male offspring; Mice; Saccharin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FAT; SACCHARIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENDER; LIPID DIET; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037389011     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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