"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sucking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Assessment of feeding teats: an experimental study. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul; 2019:3726-3729.
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Development of infant oral feeding skills: what do we know? Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb; 103(2):616S-21S.
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Development of Suck and Swallow Mechanisms in Infants. Ann Nutr Metab. 2015; 66 Suppl 5:7-14.
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Interventions to improve the oral feeding performance of preterm infants. Acta Paediatr. 2012 Jul; 101(7):e269-74.
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Oral and nonoral sensorimotor interventions facilitate suck-swallow-respiration functions and their coordination in preterm infants. Early Hum Dev. 2012 Jun; 88(6):345-50.
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Oral and non-oral sensorimotor interventions enhance oral feeding performance in preterm infants. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2011 Sep; 53(9):829-835.
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A novel approach to assess oral feeding skills of preterm infants. Neonatology. 2011; 100(1):64-70.
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A controlled-flow vacuum-free bottle system enhances preterm infants' nutritive sucking skills. Dysphagia. 2009 Jun; 24(2):145-51.
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Maturation of oral feeding skills in preterm infants. Acta Paediatr. 2008 Jan; 97(1):61-7.
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[Development of oral feeding skills in the preterm infant]. Arch Pediatr. 2007 Sep; 14 Suppl 1:S35-41.