Motherless rats show deficits in maternal behavior towards fostered pups

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-148

  Palombo, Daniela J ^a   Nowoslawski, Michael ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; Development; Early experience; Fostering; Maternal behavior; Pup licking; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NESTING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77749312978     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20422     Document Type: Article

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