Rat pup social motivation: A critical component of early psychological development

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1284-1290

  Cromwell, Howard Casey ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment emotion; Epigenetics; Stress; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ASSOCIATION; CHEMICAL STRESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROOMING; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LICKING; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; ODORS; RATS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952533155     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.01.004     Document Type: Review

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