"Maternal Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a mother.
| Descriptor ID |
D008425
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.370.215
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| Concept/Terms |
Maternal Behavior- Maternal Behavior
- Behavior, Maternal
- Behaviors, Maternal
- Maternal Behaviors
Maternal Care Patterns- Maternal Care Patterns
- Care Pattern, Maternal
- Care Patterns, Maternal
- Maternal Care Pattern
- Pattern, Maternal Care
- Patterns, Maternal Care
- Maternal Patterns of Care
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maternal Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Paternal Involvement and Maternal Perinatal Behaviors: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2012-2015. Public Health Rep. 2020 Mar-Apr; 135(2):253-261.
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Adaptive developmental plasticity in rhesus macaques: the serotonin transporter gene interacts with maternal care to affect juvenile social behaviour. Proc Biol Sci. 2018 06 27; 285(1881).
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Vigilance for threat accounts for inter-individual variation in physiological responses to adversity in rhesus macaques: A cognition?×?environment approach. Dev Psychobiol. 2017 12; 59(8):1031-1038.
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Do juveniles help or hinder? Influence of juvenile offspring on maternal behavior and reproductive outcomes in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). J Hum Evol. 2017 10; 111:152-162.
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The Association of Low Social Support with Breast Milk Expression in Low-Income Mother-Preterm Infant Dyads. J Hum Lact. 2015 Aug; 31(3):490-7.
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Early experience affects the strength of vigilance for threat in rhesus monkey infants. Psychol Sci. 2014 Oct; 25(10):1893-902.
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Breastfeeding promotion interventions and breastfeeding practices: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2013; 13 Suppl 3:S20.
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Family dynamics through time: brood reduction followed by parental compensation with aggression and favouritism. Ecol Lett. 2013 Mar; 16(3):315-22.
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Fragmentation and unpredictability of early-life experience in mental disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 Sep; 169(9):907-15.
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Preliminary genetic imaging study of the association between estrogen receptor-a gene polymorphisms and harsh human maternal parenting. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Sep 06; 525(1):17-22.