We examined the effects of odor exposure in the nest on the offspring's subsequent adult
responsivity to pups scented with the same odor or a different odor. It was hypothesized that …

Previous studies have shown that maternal rats are attracted to their own bedding and that
of other dams but not to that of virgins. The present studies were designed to test two …

The developmental course and behavioral processes by which infant rats come to prefer
one of two prominent natural odors within their rearing environment, those of their mother …

Rat pups acquire an attraction for maternal odors, which can vary with maternal diet. In the
two experiments reported here, maternal diet was modified and both pup behavioral …

The present study was designed to determine whether changes in 'emotionality'and
responses to odorants that occur in the postpartum rat (7) are due to the same configuration …

The present study examined the responsiveness of 19‐to 20‐day‐old C57BL/6J (C) and A/J
(A) mouse pups to maternal cues. The C pups were found to spend more time near their C or …

Previous data have shown that maternal behavior can be primed in mice by exposure to
sound and smell from pups. This experiment shows that both types of cues act selectively on …

In a series of three experiments we examined:(Experiment 1) responses to novel odors by
early-and late-maturing not-pregnant, pregnant, nursing and postweaning female Mongolian …

The onset of mammalian maternal care is associated with plasticity in neural processing of
infant-related sensory stimuli; however, little is known about sensory plasticity associated …

The present experiments examine acquisition and waning of exposure‐induced attraction to
a nonnatural odor in rat pups. I found that (1) acquisition of attraction induced by experience …