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The Secretion of Areolar (Montgomery's) Glands from Lactating Women Elicits Selective, Unconditional Responses in Neonates
22 Oct 2009
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BACKGROUND: The communicative meaning of human areolae for newborn infants was examined here in directly exposing 3-day old neonates to the secretion from the areolar glands of Montgomery donated by non related, non familiar lactating women. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The effect of the areolar stimulus on the infants' behavior and autonomic nervous system was compared to that of seven reference stimuli...
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