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Sucking Behavior

Known as: Behavior, Sucking, Behaviors, Sucking, Sucking Behaviors 
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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Oral behaviors
aspects of radiation effectsnonnutritive suckingphysiological aspects

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Posterior crossbite in the deciduous dentition period, its relation with sucking habits, irregular orofacial functions, and otolaryngological findings.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Sucking Behavior of Preterm Neonates As a Predictor of Developmental Outcomes
Objectives: The relationship between the pattern of sucking behavior of preterm infants during the early weeks of life and… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Nutritive Sucking Research: From Clinical Questions to Research Answers
Nutritive sucking and feeding behaviors have the potential to predict developmental outcomes. Research is beginning to connect… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Non-nutritive sucking behaviors in preschool children: a longitudinal study.
PURPOSE Prolonged duration of non-nutritive sucking behaviors may have consequences in regard to the developing orofacial… 
1996
1996
The correlation of sucking behaviors and Bayley Scales of Infant Development at six months of age in VLBW infants.
The purpose of this study was to identify early predictors of developmental outcomes in infants of very low birth weight (< or… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Neonatal sucking behaviors.
Neonatal sucking responses or behaviors have been of great interest to researchers and clinicians since the early 1800s. Since… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Neonatal nutritive sucking: effects of taste stimulation upon sucking rhythm and heart rate.
The sucking behavior and heart rate of 22 full-term newborns were recorded. Half of the infants sucked for 9 minutes in 3 blocks… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The components of sucking in the human newborn.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Newborn sucking behavior affected by obstetric sedation.
Newborn infants whose mothers received a single dose of obstetric sedation during labor sucked at significantly lower rates and… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
A Method of Measuring Sucking Behavior of Newborn Infants
&NA; An instrument is described which permits controlled and valid measurements of infant sucking behavior. The apparatus was… 
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