Timidity prevents the virgin female rat from being a good mother: emotionality differences between nulliparous and parturient females

Physiol Behav. 1981 Nov;27(5):863-8. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(81)90054-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning
  • Emotions*
  • Estrus
  • Exploratory Behavior
  • Fear
  • Female
  • Male
  • Maternal Behavior*
  • Motor Activity
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Animal*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Social Behavior