Postnatal maternal care predicts divergent weaning strategies and the development of social behavior

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 809-817

  Franks, B ^a   Champagne, F A ^b   Curley, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety like; Development; Maternal care; Play behavior; Postnatal; Social; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

EID: 84944512559     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21326     Document Type: Article

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