Maternal behavior

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Contents 1 Broader Terms 2 Related Terms 3 Scope Note 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Broader Terms

behavior

Related Terms

mother child interaction

Scope Note

behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a mother.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Maternal behavior is impaired by methamphetamine administered during pre-mating, gestation and lactation.
• Variability in "spontaneous" maternal behavior is associated with anxiety-like behavior and affiliation in naive juvenile and adult female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
• The brain center that coordinates maternal behavior is the hypothalamus, which communicates with the pituitary gland.
• fromPsychopharmacology (Berl) -Sep 2005 -Ming Li, Radek Budin, Alison S Fleming Variability in "spontaneous" maternal behavior is associated with anxiety-like behavior and affiliation in nave juvenile and adult female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
• Ingestion Of Afterbirth Appears To Promote Maternal Behavior In Mammals BUFFALO, N.
• Sex Chromosome Genes Influence Aggression And Maternal Behavior, Say Researchers It has been well documented that, across human cultures and in most mammals, males are usually more aggressive and less nurturing than females.
• Exposure to a low dose of bisphenol A during fetal life or in adulthood alters maternal behavior in mice.
• 1155 Reports Nongenomic Transmission Across Generations of Maternal Behavior and Stress Responses in the Rat Darlene Francis, Josie Diorio, Dong Liu, Michael J.

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