Protein-bound male urinary pheromones: Differential responses according to age and gender

Chemical Senses

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-70

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a   Caretta, Antonio ^b   Baldini, Elisabetta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

EID: 0031894266     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/23.1.67     Document Type: Article

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