Humoral pathway for transfer of the boar pheromone, androstenol, from the nasal mucosa to the brain and hypophysis of gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1225-1240

  Krzymowski, T ^a   Grzegorzewski, W ^a   Stefanczyk Krzymowska S ^a   Skipor, J ^a   Wasowska, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain; Countercurrent transfer; Estrous cycle; Hypophysis; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANDROSTENOLS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PHEROMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033231563     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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