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1523232

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
The role of perioral and ventral-trunk somatosensory stimulation from pups mediating the initial expression of maternal behavior and its long-term retention 8 days later, was investigated. Six groups of female rats were permitted to physically interact with four 1-5-day-old foster pups for 1 h, 36 h after Cesarean delivery on gestation day 21. Prior to this maternal experience, dams were subjected to: reduced cutaneous rostral snout sensitivity (anaptia) by injection of lidocaine into the mystacial pads; reduced ventral-trunk sensations by occlusion of the entire ventrum with a full spandex jacket; both manipulations; or control manipulations. Additional groups of females not receiving a maternal experience (inexperienced) also received the somatosensory deprivation or control manipulations. During retention testing, rats in the singly manipulated experienced groups exhibited reduced latencies to become maternal in comparison to their inexperienced counterparts (approximately 3 days vs. 8 days). However, rats previously rendered both anaptic and ventrally-occluded responded like inexperienced rats in showing a long latency to become maternal (8 days). Thus, reduction of either perioral or ventral somatosensory contact from pups did not block the maternal experience effect, but reduction of both of these inputs did.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-9384
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
549-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Somatosensory control of the onset and retention of maternal responsiveness in primiparous Sprague-Dawley rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't