title: Developmental psychobiological influences on rodent parental behavior.
abstract: The present paper focuses on the development, broadly defined, of parental responsiveness. Both sexes can respond to young with parental behavior, in the absence of elaborate experimental manipulations; yet, through the combined natural forces of ontogeny and maturation, organizational influences of hormones, and adult modifications of neurochemical sensitivity, these animals can be rendered more or less sensitive to young. We will explore the ways in which such developmental alterations determine whether or not an animal is responsive to neonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, Virginia 23173.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kinsley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology; D010332:Paternal Behavior; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents