Enduring maternal influences in a precocial rodent.
The guinea pig is highly developed at birth and requires little active maternal care. Yet the mother and other social figures markedly influence biobehavioral processes of the offspring. Here, responses of guinea pigs and nonhuman primates to maternal and other social separation procedures are compared, and influences of social partners on endocrine responses and behavior in periadolescent guinea pigs are described.
Hennessy
Michael B
MB
Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA. michael.hennessy@wright.edu
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006066:Gonads / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D014886:Weaning