Urinary chemical cues affect light avoidance behaviour in male laboratory mice, Mus musculus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 765-769

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a   Caretta, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; LIGHT; URINE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033118164     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1023     Document Type: Article

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