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Early Life Maternal Separation and Maternal Behaviour Modulate Acoustic Characteristics of Rat Pup Ultrasonic Vocalizations.
Scientific reports - 12 Dec 2019
Kaidbey Jasmine H, Ranger Manon, Myers Michael M, Anwar Muhammad, Ludwig Robert J, Schulz Alexandra M, Barone Joseph L, Kolacz Jacek, Welch Martha G
Abstract excerpt
Early separation of preterm infants from their mothers has adverse, long-term neurodevelopmental consequences. We investigated the effects of daily maternal separation (MS) of rat pups from postnatal days 2-10 (PND2-10) on neurobehavioural responses to brief isolation at PND12 compared with pups receiving controlled handling without MS. Ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) were measured at PND12 during two, 3-minute...
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