Variations in maternal behavior in C57BL/6J mice: Behavioral comparisons between adult offspring of high and low pup-licking mothers

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2011, Pages

  Pedersen, Cort A ^a   Vadlamudi, Sivaramprasad ^a   Boccia, Maria L ^b   Moy, Sheryl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; C57bl 6j; Maternal behavior; Nursing; Prepulse inhibition; Pup licking; Sensorimotor gating; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STARTLE TEST; ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GROOMING; LICKING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PROGENY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY GATING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84866862581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00042     Document Type: Article

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