Comparative analysis of maternal care in the high-yawning (HY) and low-yawning (LY) sublines from sprague-dawley rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-117

  Ugarte, Araceli ^a   Eguibar, Jose R ^a   Cortés, Ma del Carmen ^a   León Chávez, Bertha A ^a   Melo, Angel I ^b  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety; Dopamine; Grooming; Inbred rats; Lactation; Nest building; Retrieving; Stress; Yawning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REACTION TIME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; YAWNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YAWNING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79551625068     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20497     Document Type: Article

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