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MeSH Heading: Maternal Behavior
Tree Number(s): F01.829.263.370.215
Unique ID: D008425
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008425
Annotation: human & animal; /‌drug eff permitted only if the drug affects the mother's behavior: do not use for eff of a drug on the offspring after admin of drug to pregn mother
Scope Note: The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a mother.
Entry Term(s): Maternal Care Patterns; Maternal Patterns of Care
Previous Indexing: Behavior, Animal (1966-1967); Parent-Child Relations (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

radiation effects (RE)

Maternal Behavior MeSH Descriptor Data 2025