Reduced anxiety in postpartum rats requires recent physical interactions with pups, but is independent of suckling and peripheral sources of hormones

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-255

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Lactation; Maternal behavior; Oxytocin; Pituitary; Prolactin; Pups; Suckling

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MAZE TEST; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SUCKLING; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 13544276196     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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