title: Male rat pups are more hesitant to urinate in response to anogenital stimulation than are their female sibs.
abstract: Male rat pups required more anogenital stimulation before they began to urinate than did their sisters and males produced more urine than their female sibs during a fixed period of anogenital stimulation. These findings are interpreted as consistent with the view that neonatal mammals can manipulate the behavior of their dams.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Galef
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D014554:Urination