"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sucking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Characterizing the functional significance of the neonatal rat vibrissae prior to the onset of whisking. Somatosens Mot Res. 2003; 20(2):157-62.