Trigeminal lesions and maternal behavior
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Judith M. Stern
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In lactating rats, upper snout desensitization by trigeminal denervation severely impairs maternal behavior, with substantial recovery 12-24 hr later. The potential effects of interaction with pups on this recovery was investigated. Dams were subjected to bilateral infraorbital denervation or sham s