Human neonates prefer colostrum to mature milk: Evidence for an olfactory bias toward the "initial milk"?
Magali Klaey-TassoneKarine DurandFabrice DamonKatrin HeyersNawel MezraiBruno PatrisPaul SagotRobert SoussignanBenoist Schaalnull nullPublished in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2020)
These results indicate that human newborns can olfactorily differentiate conspecific lacteal fluids sampled at different lactation stages. They prefer the odor of the mammary secretion - colostrum - collected at the lactation stage that best matches the postpartum age of their own mother. These results are discussed in the context of the earliest mother-infant chemo-communication. Coinciding maternal emission and offspring reception of chemosignals conveyed in colostrum may be part of the sensory precursors of attunement between mothers and infants.
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