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Rooting Reflex

Rooting Reflex is a neonatal primitive reflex characterized by a newborn’s instinctive turning of the head and opening of the mouth toward a tactile stimulus near the corner of the mouth, serving to facilitate breastfeeding by enabling the infant to locate the nipple.

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Differential rooting response by neonates: evidence for an early sense of self

Philippe Rochat, Susan J. Hespos · Early Development and Parenting · 1997 · 230 citations

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Differential rooting response by neonates: evidence for an early sense of self

Philippe Rochat, Susan J. Hespos · Early Development and Parenting · 1997 · 53 citations

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The position of the tongue during rooting reflexes elicited in newborn infants before the first suckle

A‐M Widström, J Thingström‐Paulsson · Acta Paediatrica · 1993 · 47 citations

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The Development of Sensorimotor Reflexes in the Brazilian Opossum Monodelphis domestics

G. Cassidy, D. Boudrias, Jean‐François Pflieger et al. · Brain Behavior and Evolution · 2008 · 38 citations

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The postnatal development of the ventral root reflex in the rat; a comparative in vivo and in vitro study

Maria Fitzgerald, A.E. King, Steve Thompson et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 1987 · 37 citations

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Authors

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  1. RB
    Ruud B. Minderaa

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  2. PR
    Philippe Rochat

    Emory University, United States

    2 publications · 283 citations

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  3. SJ
    Susan J. Hespos

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 283 citations

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  4. AW
    A‐M Widström

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  5. GW
    Grard W. Akkerhuis

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    158 citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    117 citations

  3. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    566 citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. Karolinska University Hospital

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  6. United Cerebral Palsy

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    148 citations

  7. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. Montreal Children's Hospital

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

    DMCN · 2 publications · 45 citations

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  2. Early Development and Parenting

    2 publications · 283 citations

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  3. Brain Behavior and Evolution

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. Practical Neurology

    1 publications · 10 citations

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