Selective and reversible reduction of odor sensitivity in the rat by Concanavalin A

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 513-516

  Apfelbach, Raimund ^a   Weiler, Elke ^a   Asselbergs, Willem F ^b   Polak, Ernest H ^b   Slotnick, Burton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lectin; Odor detection; Olfactory threshold; Selective odor inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CONCANAVALIN A; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DISULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRAINING;

EID: 0032413982     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00197-8     Document Type: Article

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