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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"maternal behavior"”.

  1. Maternal Behavior in the Rat: Neuroendocrine and Neuroanatomical Substrates

    Fahrbach, Susan Elizabeth

    … ventral midbrain regulates the performance of maternal behavior by female rats. There Is also evidence that the facilitatory action of estrogen on maternal behavior is mediated via estrogen target cells In the medial preoptic region. Neither the anatomical elements that constitute this …

    rockefeller Repository record

  2. Disturbances of Maternal Behavior in Rats Following Lesions of the Dorsallimbic Cortex

    Slotnick, Burton MarvinUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T23:00:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6402970.pdf: 4655997 bytes, checksum: ed687dfa023176eacbaf7a3bf7177ace (MD5) Previous issue date: 1963

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  3. Early Postnatal Development and Maternal Behavior in the Mongolian Gerbil, Meriones Unguiculatus (milne-Edwards)

    Vick, Linda HelgersonUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T01:27:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7317459.pdf: 3478730 bytes, checksum: fa94359456b7d508115c5b135cc28dd7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972

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  4. Predictors of outcome for the young offspring of depressed mothers: Maternal psychopathology, maternal behavior, and the social/familial context

    Neff, CynthiaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2011

    The present study investigated the roles of maternal psychopathology, maternal behavior, and the social/familial context as predictors of outcome in the 2-3 year old offspring of a community sample of mothers with unipolar affective disorders (current and in remission). Maternal psychopathology …

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  5. Differences in maternal behavior and early life development of silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) selectively bred for tame or aggressive behaviors towards humans

    Beckfield, SamanthaUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2025

    Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01

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  6. Maternal behavior before and after parturition of Red Angus beef cows and the investigation of wolf predation on livestock populations in the northern Rocky Mountains

    Flörcke, Cornelia, author, Grandin, Temple, advisor, Engle, Terry E., committee member, Seger, Carol A., committee member, Rollin, Bernard E., committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2013

    To view the abstract, please see the full text of the document.

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  7. Sex Differences in Mother-Infant Interaction

    Kosiak, Klaudia2013

    <p>Sex differences in human behavior have frequently been explored by researchers. Although there are numerous studies documenting sex differences between boys and girls from childhood into adulthood, few studies have adequately examined how genetics and environment interact in infancy to promote …

    shu-thes Repository record

  8. Variation in postpartum maternal care programs the development of neuroendocrine and mesolimbic dopamine pathways in female offspring

    Pena, Catherine2013

    Variation in adult rat maternal behavior is predicted by the experience of maternal licking and grooming (LG) in infancy, such that females that experience high levels of LG (High LG) during postnatal development typically themselves become High LG dams, and females that experience low levels of LG …

    columbia-diss Repository record

  9. Capturing and Maintaining Deaf Toddler Gaze in Pretend Play: A Comparison of Dyads With Deaf and Hearing Mothers

    Prendergast, Susan GeorgiaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    An examination of behaviors related to joint attention during toy play in eight deaf mother-deaf toddler and eight hearing mother-deaf toddler dyads was conducted. The gaze patterns of the 18- to 28-month-old toddlers and selected aspects of maternal communicative behavior were analyzed to …

    uiuc Repository record

  10. Parental perception of effectiveness of Q-sort methodology in measuring attachment in children with atypical behaviors

    Hosch, India A.Virginia Tech1995

    The effectiveness of the Attachment Behavior Q-Sort in measuring attachment in children with atypical behaviors was examined in this study. Data collected from interviews, structured and unstructured observation, and parental sorting of the Q-Sort by ten families provided insight about the …

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  11. INVESTIGATING PIGLET CRUSHING BY THE SOW: A DATA MINING APPROACH

    Munhoz Morello, Gabriela

    … more exercise, posture changes, and more natural behaviors during lactation. A major concern with the alternative farrowing systems is the higher pre-wean mortality, especially due to piglet overlay. High pre-wean mortality rates impact not only the producer`s profitability, but also the welfare …

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  12. The effects of adult exposure to genistein on female reproductive outcomes

    Patel, Shreya AUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2017

    … mice for fertility and pregnancy endpoints, and maternal behavior. I found that after 30 days of dosing, genistein exposure (500 and 1000 ppm) decreased gestation time compared to control. After 60 days of dosing, genistein exposure increased gestation time (500 and 1000 ppm), increased pup …

    uiuc Repository record

  13. Socially Motivated Vocal Learning

    Syal, SupriyaCornell University2011

    … zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Using both behavioral and neuroanatomical data, Chapter 2 of this thesis argues that both the evolution and the development of vocal learning were triggered by the evolution of gated links between subcortical social motivation and cortical learning devices. …

    cornell Repository record

  14. The Role of Infant Locomotor Onset in Shaping Mother-Infant Communication

    Zumbahlen, Marcia ReneeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … affect to regulate their infants' unacceptable behavior than mothers of non-crawling infants. This difference in maternal behavior corresponded with the tendency for crawling infants to more frequently reference their caregivers and express intense negative affect. Group differences in infant …

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  15. Maternal HPA Axis Function During Parenting is Associated with Reduced Brain Activation to Infant Cry and More Intrusive Parenting Behavior

    Erhart, Andrew2021

    <p>Previous research indicated that maternal cortisol function and maternal brain response to infant stimuli are separately related to differences in parenting behavior. Evidence from animal models have demonstrated that chronically high cortisol concentration alters brain structure and function, …

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  16. Interpretation Bias in Anxious Mothers and Their Children: Can Interpretation Modification Affect the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety?

    Benoit, Kristy E.Virginia Tech2013

    … anxious cognitions in mothers and warmer maternal behavior directed to children during preparation for an anxiety-provoking speech task; however, child self-referent anxious cognitions, child behavior, and child physiological arousal during the speech task were not differentially affected. …

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  17. Mother-Offspring Relationships in Tibetan Macaques (<i>Macaca thibetana</i>) at Mt. Huangshan, China

    Martinez, Courtney2022

    … Researchers have found species differences in maternal behavior, as well as a female offspring bias in female philopatric societies. However, little is known about the mother-offspring relationship of Tibetan macaques (<em>Macaca thibetana</em>) from the two habituated sites in China, Mt. Emei …

    central-wash Repository record

  18. Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on pup development and vocalization behavior and on dam retrieval behavior

    Ness, James WilliamVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1984

    … functional efficacy of pup vocalizations on the maternal behavior of the dam. Subjects were 72 dams and their litters. Dams were matched by weight and assigned to either an Ethanol (EtOH), a Pair-fed (PF), or an Untreated Control (UC) group. Ethanol dams received 15% ethanol as their sole source …

    vt Repository record

  19. Perceptions of Parental Care and Overprotection in Childhood: Influences on the Neurobiological Adaptation to Motherhood

    Grande, Leah2024

    … from one’s parents are related to improved maternal-infant bonding and positive parenting behaviors, whereas negative perceptions of care convey risk for maladaptive parenting. Few studies have investigated neural and biological mechanisms contributing to observed associations between …

    denver Repository record

  20. Investigation of Accessory Olfactory Interneuron Physiology and Function After Experience-Dependent Plasticity

    Zuk, Kelsey Elizabeth2024

    … for the development and expression of social behavior. Through the detection of non-volatile chemosignals, the AOS has been specifically implicated in the display of sex-typical behavior, such as mating, maternal behavior, and territorial aggression. The proper display of these sex-typical …

    utswmed Repository record

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