The role of experience in suckling maintenance in albino rats.
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 94 (5) , 847-856
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077815
Abstract
Nipple-attachment behavior in albino rats was disrupted by raising rat pups in isolation from their mother and siblings on the 3rd-5th day after birth. Nipple attachment was maintained in isolation-reared pups that received, on days 3 and 4 postnatally, either 6 or 12 opportunities to search for, locate and attach to the nipples of an anesthetized mother. Suckling remained severely disrupted on day 5 in pups whose experiences on days 3 and 4 were restricted to either nipple search alone or nipple attachment without previous search. The role of experience in suckling maintenance and the suckling system at birth were discussed.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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