Generalization between binary odor mixtures and their components in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 701-707

  Linster, Christiane ^a   Smith, Brian H ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary odor; Conditioning paradigm; Odor components

Indexed keywords

BERGAMOT OIL; GERANIOL; LIMONENE; MINERAL OIL; PENTYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033048438     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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