"Sucking 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.
Any suction exerted by the mouth; response of the mammalian infant to draw milk from the breast. Includes sucking on inanimate objects. Not to be used for thumb sucking, which is indexed under fingersucking.
| Descriptor ID |
D013391
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.916
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| Concept/Terms |
Sucking Behavior- Sucking Behavior
- Behavior, Sucking
- Behaviors, Sucking
- Sucking Behaviors
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sucking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Shah R, Diaz SD, Arria A, LaGasse LL, Derauf C, Newman E, Smith LM, Huestis MA, Haning W, Strauss A, Della Grotta S, Dansereau LM, Roberts MB, Neal C, Lester BM. Prenatal methamphetamine exposure and short-term maternal and infant medical outcomes. Am J Perinatol. 2012 May; 29(5):391-400.
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Polan HJ. Guidance and differentiation of maternally directed orienting behaviors: probing the origins of filial attachment. Dev Psychobiol. 2005 Nov; 47(3):278-87.
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Polan HJ, Milano D, Eljuga L, Hofer MA. Development of rats' maternally directed orienting behaviors from birth to day 2. Dev Psychobiol. 2002 Mar; 40(2):81-103.
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Mufson MA, Kawana R, Bloom HH, Gorstein F, Chanock RM. Pathogenicity of Coxsackie A-21 virus for suckling mice. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1968 May; 128(1):237-46.