An overlooked aspect of the human breast: Areolar glands in relation with breastfeeding pattern, neonatal weight gain, and the dynamics of lactation

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-128

  Doucet, Sébastien ^a   Soussignan, Robert ^a   Sagot, Paul ^b   Schaal, Benoist ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Areola; Breastfeeding; Human newborn; Lactation; Maternal behaviour; Milk; Montgomery's glands; Mother infant relation; Olfaction; Skin glands; Sucking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL WEIGHT GAIN; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; SUCKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NIPPLES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856960122     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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