Maternal Behavior - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Enhanced maternal aggression and associated changes in neuropeptide gene expression in multiparous rats.

29 Sep 2009 Although it has often been speculated that prior reproductive experience improves subsequent maternal care, few studies have examined specific changes in behavior during a 1st versus 2nd lactation. During lactation, mothers display heightened ... Read more...

Artificial rearing of rat pups reveals the beneficial effects of mother care on neonatal inflammation and adult sensitivity to pain.

30 Aug 2009 Repeated pain during brain development can have long-term consequences in both humans and animals. We previously showed that maternal care provided to pups experiencing pain reduced adult pain sensitivity. This study tested whether sensory ... Read more...

Blood oxygen level-dependent signal responses in corticolimbic 'emotions' circuitry of lactating rats facing intruder threat to pups.

24 Aug 2009 Lactating rats must continuously maintain a critical balance between caring for pups and aggressively responding to nest threats. We tested the neural response of lactating females to the presentation of their own pups and novel intruder males using ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Maternal Behavior - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Enhanced maternal aggression and associated changes in neuropeptide gene expression in multiparous rats. 29 Sep 2009
• Artificial rearing of rat pups reveals the beneficial effects of mother care on neonatal inflammation and adult sensitivity to pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Blood oxygen level-dependent signal responses in corticolimbic 'emotions' circuitry of lactating rats facing intruder threat to pups. 24 Aug 2009
• Temporary inactivation of ventral tegmental area neurons with either muscimol or baclofen reversibly disrupts maternal behavior in rats through different underlying mechanisms. 30 Jul 2009
• Maternal care effects on SNB motoneuron development: the mediating role of sensory afferent distribution and activity. 30 Jul 2009
• Behavioural and neurobiological effects of colostrum ingestion in the newborn lamb associated with filial bonding. 29 Jul 2009
• Enhancing captive breeding in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): maintaining lactation when cubs are rejected, and understanding variation in milk collection and associated factors. 29 Jun 2009
• Pooled energy budget and human life history. 29 Jun 2009
• Mammary olfactory signalisation in females and odor processing in neonates: ways evolved by rabbits and humans. 23 Jun 2009
• A niche for adult neurogenesis in social behavior. 23 Jun 2009
• Maternal investment in relation to sex ratio and offspring number in a small mammal - a case for Trivers and Willard theory? 20 Jun 2009
• The meaning of weaning: influence of the weaning period on behavioral development in mice. 15 Jun 2009
• Effects of prolactin deficiency during the early postnatal period on the development of maternal behavior in female rats: mother's milk makes the difference. 14 Jun 2009
• Effect of nest temperature on egg-brooding dynamics in Children's pythons. 14 Jun 2009
• Paternal influence on female behavior: the role of Peg3 in exploration, olfaction, and neuroendocrine regulation of maternal behavior of female mice. 30 May 2009
• Child and mother play in three U.S. cultural groups: comparisons and associations. 30 May 2009
• The "haves" and the "have nots". 30 May 2009
• Interest in infants by female rhesus monkeys with neonatal lesions of the amygdala or hippocampus. 27 May 2009
• Developmental brain alterations in 17 year old boys are related to antenatal maternal anxiety. 7 May 2009
• Enclosure size and hormonal state affect timing of nest return in female meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Maternal Behavior'

Definition: The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a mother.

Descriptor UI: D008425

Alternative terms: Maternal Behavior; Behavior, Maternal; Behaviors, Maternal; Maternal Behaviors; Maternal Care Patterns; Care Pattern, Maternal; Care Patterns, Maternal; Maternal Care Pattern; Pattern, Maternal Care; Patterns, Maternal Care; Maternal Patterns of Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; ethnology; physiology; psychology; radiation effects;

Tree Number: F01.829.263.370.215;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: human & animal; /drug eff permitted only if the drug affects the mother's behavior: do not use for eff of a drug on the offspring after admin of drug to pregn mother