Altered responses to female odors in parasitized male mice: Neuromodulatory mechanisms and relations to female choice

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 373-384

  Kavaliers, M ^a   Colwell, D D ^b   Ossenkopp, K P ^a   Perrot Sinal, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altered host responses; Host behavior; Mate selection; Opioid systems; Parasitic modification of behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030990773     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050353     Document Type: Article

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