Journal article
Complete maternal deprivation affects social, but not spatial, learning in adult rats
Abstract
The effects of maternal deprivation on learning of social and spatial tasks were investigated in female adult rats. Pups were reared artificially and received "lickinglike" tactile stimulation (AR animals) or were reared with their mothers (MR animals). In adulthood, subjects were tested on paradigms of spatial learning and on paradigms involving learning of social cues. Results showed that maternal deprivation did not affect performance on …
Authors
Lévy F; Melo AI; Galef BG; Madden M; Fleming AS
Journal
Developmental Psychobiology, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 177–191
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2003
DOI
10.1002/dev.10131
ISSN
0012-1630