Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system.
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Nock, B; Williams, CL; Hall, WG
Published in: Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
March 1978
Drugs which alter serotonin receptor activity modified the suckling behavior of 20-day-old rat pups. Suckling could be reinstated in nondeprived pups, which normally do not suckle, by blockade of serotonin receptors with methysergide. Stimulation of serotonin receptors with quipazine inhibited suckling in deprived pups, and this effect was prevented by methysergide pretreatment. This evidence suggests that suckling in weaning age pups is controlled by a serotonergic inhibitory mechanism.
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Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
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1873-5177
ISSN
0091-3057
Publication Date
March 1978
Volume
8
Issue
3
Start / End Page
277 / 280
Related Subject Headings
- Time Factors
- Synaptic Transmission
- Sucking Behavior
- Serotonin
- Rats
- Quipazine
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Methysergide
- Female
- Animals, Newborn
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Nock, B., Williams, C. L., & Hall, W. G. (1978). Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 8(3), 277–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(78)90316-7
Nock, B., C. L. Williams, and W. G. Hall. “Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system.” Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 8, no. 3 (March 1978): 277–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(78)90316-7.
Nock B, Williams CL, Hall WG. Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior. 1978 Mar;8(3):277–80.
Nock, B., et al. “Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system.” Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, vol. 8, no. 3, Mar. 1978, pp. 277–80. Epmc, doi:10.1016/0091-3057(78)90316-7.
Nock B, Williams CL, Hall WG. Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior. 1978 Mar;8(3):277–280.
Published In
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
DOI
EISSN
1873-5177
ISSN
0091-3057
Publication Date
March 1978
Volume
8
Issue
3
Start / End Page
277 / 280
Related Subject Headings
- Time Factors
- Synaptic Transmission
- Sucking Behavior
- Serotonin
- Rats
- Quipazine
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Methysergide
- Female
- Animals, Newborn