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Maternal Behavior

Maternal Behavior is a biological and ethological concept denoting the instinctive, coordinated pattern of nurturing actions performed by a female bird toward her offspring, including brooding, protection, and vocal communication, that enhances chick survival and distinguishes post-hatching reproductive investment within avian species.

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Nongenomic Transmission Across Generations of Maternal Behavior and Stress Responses in the Rat

Darlene Francis, Josie Diorio, Dong Liu et al. · Science · 1999 · 2K citations

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Mothers and others: the evolutionary origins of mutual understanding

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 1.8K citations

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Variations in maternal care in the rat as a mediating influence for the effects of environment on development

Frances A. Champagne, Darlene Francis, Adam C. Mar et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 2003 · 1K citations

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Infant Crying and Maternal Responsiveness

Silvia M. Bell, Mary D. Salter Ainsworth · Child Development · 1972 · 862 citations

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Induction of maternal behavior in virgin rats after intracerebroventricular administration of oxytocin

Cort A. Pedersen, Arthur J. Prange · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 837 citations · Full text

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  1. JS
    Jay S. Rosenblatt

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    52 publications · 4.3K citations

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  2. AS
    Alison S. Fleming

    University of Toronto, Canada

    50 publications · 4.6K citations

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  3. DM
    Dario Maestripieri

    University of Chicago, United States

    45 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. MA
    Myron A. Hofer

    Columbia University, United States

    30 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. VH
    Victor H. Denenberg

    University of Connecticut, United States

    28 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    49 h-index

    179 publications

    11.5K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    41 h-index

    104 publications

    8.1K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    39 h-index

    181 publications

    15.1K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    287 publications

    12.7K citations

  5. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    33 h-index

    97 publications

    6.8K citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    31 h-index

    113 publications

    6.8K citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    29 h-index

    99 publications

    6.5K citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    27 h-index

    62 publications

    4.6K citations

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    200 publications · 12.6K citations

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  2. Developmental Psychobiology

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    187 publications · 11K citations

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  4. Behavioral Neuroscience

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  5. Child Development

    92 publications · 8.2K citations

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