Within-litter variance in early rat pup-mother interactions and adult offspring responses to novelty

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Ragan, C M ^a   Loken, E ^a   Stifter, C A ^a   Cavigelli, S A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Exploratory behavior; Maternal behavior; Mother infant relations; Neonatal; Parental care; Rodent; Sibling variance

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADULT CHILDREN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855560171     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20581     Document Type: Article

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