Convergence of segregated pheromonal pathways from the accessory olfactory bulb to the cortex in the mouse

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-46

  Von Campenhausen, Harald ^a,b   Mori, Kensaku ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical senses; Mitral tufted cell axons; Modular organization; Sexual behaviour; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHEMORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 0033959331     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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