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Physiol Behav

Title:		Prolonged responsiveness to the maternal pheromone in the postweanling rat
Author(s):		Schumacher SK; Moltz H;
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Journal Title:		Physiol Behav
Year:		1985
Volume:		34
Issue:		3
Page Number:		471 - 473
DOI:		10.1016/0031-9384(85)90214-8
ISSN/ISBN:		0031-9384 (Print) 0031-9384 (Linking)
Abstract:		"When rat young reach 27 days of age they stop responding to a pheromone carried in the feces of the lactating female. Because the consumption of such feces promotes the deposition of brain myelin, we suggested that response to the pheromone might continue as long as the amount of myelin per gram brain remained below adult levels. Our data support the suggestion. Pups deficient in myelin responded to the pheromone after 27 days of age"
Keywords:		"Animals Brain/*growth & development Feces/analysis Feeding Behavior/*physiology Female Lactation Male Myelin Sheath/*physiology *Pheromones Pregnancy Rats Rats, Inbred Strains;"
Notes:		"MedlineSchumacher, S K Moltz, H eng HD 06872/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ PHS S07RR0629/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1985/03/01 Physiol Behav. 1985 Mar; 34(3):471-3. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(85)90214-8"