Biological responsiveness to pheromones provides fundamental and unique insight into olfactory function

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-256

  Sorensen, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOLDFISH; INVERTEBRATE; LEPIDOPTERA; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; STEREOTYPY; SWINE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GOLDFISH; INSTINCT; MOTHS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029924022     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.2.245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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