Acute perinatal asphyxia at birth has long-term effects on behavioural arousal and maternal behaviour in lactating rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-62

  Bonsignore, Luca T ^a   Venerosi, Aldina ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animals models; Behavioural teratology; Maternal behaviour; Perinatal hypoxia; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BATH; BEHAVIOR TERATOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING; HYPOXIA; LACTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; UTERUS HORN; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROUSAL; ASPHYXIA; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 33745821716     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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