Maternal Behavior
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) may affect brain development and behavior in adolescent offspring. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in mediating the relationship between PEMCS ... Read more...

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...

Brief communication: self-suckling in Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) mothers before and after the death of their infant.

29 Sep 2009 We report here self-suckling in four wild female Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), living in two troops (i.e. "Flat face" and "Large" troop) in the middle-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. The four females lost their infants due to predation or for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Maternal Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype. 30 Oct 2009
• Enhanced maternal aggression and associated changes in neuropeptide gene expression in multiparous rats. 29 Sep 2009
• Brief communication: self-suckling in Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) mothers before and after the death of their infant. 29 Sep 2009
• The effects of lactation and infant care on adult energy budgets in wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus). 29 Sep 2009
• A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services. 29 Sep 2009
• Communal egg-laying in reptiles and amphibians: evolutionary patterns and hypotheses. 30 Aug 2009
• Breastfeeding mothers and violence: what nurses need to know. 30 Aug 2009
• Mothers' perception of excessive crying in infancy in south eastern Nigeria. 30 Aug 2009
• Artificial rearing of rat pups reveals the beneficial effects of mother care on neonatal inflammation and adult sensitivity to pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Paternal deprivation induces dendritic and synaptic changes and hemispheric asymmetry of pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory cortex. 30 Aug 2009
• Blood oxygen level-dependent signal responses in corticolimbic 'emotions' circuitry of lactating rats facing intruder threat to pups. 24 Aug 2009
• Environmental influences on epigenetic profiles. 24 Aug 2009
• Token transfer between mother and offspring chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): mother-offspring interaction in a competitive situation. 12 Aug 2009
• Social influences on ant-dipping acquisition in the wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Bossou, Guinea, West Africa. 12 Aug 2009
• Changes in maternal expressed emotion toward clinically anxious children following cognitive behavioral therapy. 3 Aug 2009
• The relation of maternal sensitivity to children's internalizing and externalizing problems within the context of maternal depressive symptoms. 2 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
• Genetic and environmental influence on attachment disorganization. 30 Jul 2009
• Maternal care effects on SNB motoneuron development: the mediating role of sensory afferent distribution and activity. 30 Jul 2009
• Does early care affect joint attention in great apes (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus, Gorilla gorilla)? 30 Jul 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