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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Profound deficits in maternal behavior occur following postpartum bilateral infraorbital denervation (IO-X), with substantial recovery 12-24 h later. In the present experiment, primiparous rats were subjected to IO-X or sham surgery on gestation day 22. Whereas parturition behavior was normal in controls, it was severely disrupted in all IO-X dams. Impairments included absent, abbreviated, or delayed perioral behaviors-nest building, participation in delivery, placentophagia, licking and retrieval of pups-accompanied by increased general activity and delayed onset of nursing. There was increased mortality in the litters of IO-X dams at birth and by postpartum day (PD) 3, and impaired retrieval by IO-X dams on PD1-3. A surgery-birth interval of < 7 h vs. > or = 22 h was associated only with poor litter growth. Thus, prepartum IO-X disrupts onset of maternal behavior during parturition, with long-term consequences for offspring well-being.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0031-9384
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Trigeminal lesions and maternal behavior in Norway rats: II. Disruption of parturition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.