Physiological Responses of Infant Rats to Separation from Their Mothers
- 15 May 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3933) , 871-873
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3933.871
Abstract
Decreases of 40 percent in cardiac and respiratory rates occur during the first 12 to 16 hours after 2-week-old rat pups are separated from their mothers. These rates decrease without significant alteration in activity level and despite maintenance of body temperature, of nutrition by intubation, of an intact litter, and of the home cage nest.Keywords
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