Behavioral Effects of Maternal Adrenalin Injection during Pregnancy in Rat Offspring
- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 12 (1) , 279-284
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1963.12.1.279
Abstract
Female rats were given high or low dosages of adrenalin or of saline during different trimesters of pregnancy. Offspring from these mothers were compared with offspring from normal, noninjected females on a number of behavioral measures [N = 240]. Some complex interactional effects were found for activity-level and Hebb-Williams maze performance. Performance in a runway test, in a water-maze and error scores in the Hebb-Williams maze were not affected by the experimental treatments. No major cross-fostering effects were found. Results were discussed briefly and suggestions made for future research in this area.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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