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Curr Biol

Title:		Nursing behavior: remembrance of things past
Author(s):		Shah NM;
Address:		"Department of Anatomy, 1550 4th Street, MC 2722, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. nms@ucsf.edu"
Journal Title:		Curr Biol
Year:		2006
Volume:		16
Issue:		19
Page Number:		R842 - R844
DOI:		10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.001
ISSN/ISBN:		0960-9822 (Print) 0960-9822 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Successful suckling is vital to the survival of mammalian newborns. In many mammals, nursing behavior is triggered by maternally derived odors. Such odors may also promote the learned association of odorant cues present in the environment during nursing"
Keywords:		"Animals Animals, Suckling/physiology Association Learning *Behavior, Animal *Cues Lactation/*physiology Odorants Pheromones/*physiology Rabbits/*physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineShah, Nirao M eng Comment England 2006/10/10 Curr Biol. 2006 Oct 10; 16(19):R842-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.001"