Vaginal stimulation: an important determinant of maternal bonding in sheep

Keverne, E. B.; Levy, F.; Poindron, P.; Lindsay, D. R.

doi:10.1126/science.6849123

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Vaginal stimulation: an important determinant of maternal bonding in sheep

Keverne, E. B., Levy, F., Poindron, P., Lindsay, D. R.·1983·Science

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The immediate induction of the full complement of maternal behavior in nonpregnant ewes primed with estrogen and progesterone has been obtained after 5 minutes of vaginal-cervical stimulation. A similar period of such stimulation given to recently parturient ewes, after the development of selective bonding to their own lambs, reversed their rejection behavior of alien lambs and produced a state of plasticity in maternal behavior, such that ewes receiving vaginal stimulation would accept and adopt alien lambs. These findings implicate vaginal-cervical stimulation as playing a role in the onset of maternal behavior.

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Authors: Keverne, E. B., Levy, F., Poindron, P., & Lindsay, D. R.
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 1983-01-07
Volume: 219
Issue: 4580
Pages: 81-83
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.6849123
OpenAlex: W2091047378
Cited by: 230
References: 13
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 12.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
Keywords: maternal behavior, maternal bonding, sheep, ewes, behavioral plasticity, estrogen priming, progesterone priming
MeSH terms: Animals, Estradiol, Female, Maternal Behavior, Pregnancy, Progesterone, Sheep, Time Factors, Vagina

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