Deconstructing the function of maternal stimulation in offspring development: Insights from the artificial rearing model in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 224-236

  Lomanowska, Anna M ^a   Melo, Angel I ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; Early environment; Maternal deprivation; Maternal licking; Mother offspring interactions; Rat pups; Social stimulation; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; LICKING; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUP (RODENT); RAT; REARING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RATS; TOUCH;

EID: 84956595943     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.05.017     Document Type: Article

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