Respiratory airflow pattern at the rat's snout and an hypothesis regarding its role in olfaction

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Wilson, Donald A ^a   Sullivan, Regina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Odor orientation; Odor plume; Piriform cortex; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; FACE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SMELLING;

EID: 0032891253     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00269-8     Document Type: Article

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