Separation of pups from their mother mice enhances odor associative learning at the late lactation stage

Abstract During lactation, mammalian pups rely on the dam for survival and associative learning related to maternal stimuli. This study investigates how maternal preference shifts during the late lactation period in mouse pups. Pups conditioned with odorized dams during this period exhibited distinc...

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Glavni autori: Shota Katori, Hirofumi Nishizumi, Yukiko Noguchi-Katori, Hitoshi Sakano
Format: Članak
Jezik:English
Izdano: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Serija:Scientific Reports
Online pristup:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90821-7