Removal of the olfactory system modifies male bank vole behaviour in the presence of females

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Kapusta, Joanna ^a   Marchlewska Koj, Anna ^a   Olejniczak, Pawel ^a   Kruczek, Malgorzata ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bank vole; Bulbectomy; Olfactory system; Ultrasound; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SMELLING; VOLE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0029891824     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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