Social organization and aggression in a group of olfactory bulbectomized male mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Liebenauer, Laura L ^a   Slotnick, Burton M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Anosmia; Dominance; Mice; Olfactory bulbectomy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030221330     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00210-7     Document Type: Article

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