Neonatal handling: An overview of the positive and negative effects

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1613-1625

  Raineki, Charlis ^a   Lucion, Aldo B ^b   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

And renal function; Anxiety; Early life experience; Food consumption; Learning; Memory; Neonatal handling; Rat; Reproduction; Social behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS;

EID: 84911403391     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21241     Document Type: Review

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