The effects of bromocriptine treatment during early pregnancy on postpartum maternal behaviors in rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1431-1437

  Price, Anya K ^a   Bridges, Robert S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dopamine agonist; Postpartum maternal behavior; Rats

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 84905224441     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21224     Document Type: Article

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