Olfactory learning in the rat neonate soon after birth

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 554-565

  Miller, Stacie S ^a   Spear, Norman E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral activation; Newborn; Non associative learning; Odor; Olfactory learning; Rat; Surrogate nipple

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PUP (RODENT); RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NIPPLES; ODORS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 52249084323     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20318     Document Type: Article

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