Odors of individuality originating from the major histocompatibility complex are masked by diet cues in the urine of rats

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Schellinck, Heather Macintosh ^a   Slotnick, Burton M ^b   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; LEARNING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; URINE;

EID: 0030920547     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199058     Document Type: Article

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