Mere odor exposure learning in the rat neonate immediately after birth and 1 day later

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-351

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

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Infant; Neonatal; Smell olfaction

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING; NEWBORN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SMELLING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77951490331     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20456     Document Type: Article

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