The influence of dietary and genetic cues on the ability of rats to discriminate between the urinary odors of MHC-congenic mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 365-372

  Brown, Richard E ^a   Schellinck, Heather MacIntosh ^a   West, Ann Marie ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Major histocompatibility complex; Mice; Odor discrimination; Olfactometer; Urine odor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINE;

EID: 0030220645     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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