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Science 27 January 1978:
Vol. 199. no. 4327, pp. 445 - 447
DOI: 10.1126/science.202031
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Science, Vol 199, Issue 4327, 445-447
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Maternal behavior as a regulator of polyamine biosynthesis in brain and heart of the developing rat pup

Butler SR, MR Suskind, and SM Schanberg

Rat pups removed from the mother and placed in a warm incubator for 1 hour or more show a 50 percent reduction in ornithine decarboxylase activity in the brain and heart. The decline is not caused by lack of nutrition. Instead, these studies suggest that active maternal behavior is necessary to maintain normal polyamine metabolism in brain and heart of the pup during development.


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