Maternal touch and feed as critical regulators of behavioral and stress responses in the offspring

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 638-650

  Walker, Claire Dominique ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; High fat diet; Neonatal rat; Pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; LEPTIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CALORIC INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SECRETION; TOUCH;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPTIN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH;

RATTUS;

EID: 77958547538     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20492     Document Type: Article

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