Transport Response is a filial-specific behavioral response to maternal carrying in C57BL/6 mice

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Yoshida, Sachine ^a,b   Esposito, Gianluca ^a   Ohnishi, Ryuko ^a   Tsuneoka, Yousuke ^a   Okabe, Shota ^c   Kikusui, Takefumi ^c   Kato, Tadafumi ^a   Kuroda, Kumi O ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calming response; Filial behavior; Maternal carrying; Mother infant relationship; Mouse pup; Parental behavior; Transport response

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84882647507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-50     Document Type: Article

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