The role of the hippocampal system in social odor discrimination and scent-marking in female golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 184-195

  Petrulis, Aras ^a   Peng, Marlene ^b   Johnston, Robert E ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0034096467     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.1.184     Document Type: Article

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