Olfactory fingerprints for major histocompatibility complex-determined body odors II: Relationship among odor maps, genetics, odor composition, and behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 9513-9521

  Schaefer, Michele L ^a   Yamazaki, Kunio ^b   Osada, Kazumi ^c   Restrepo, Diego ^d   Beauchamp, Gary K ^e  

^a Neuroscience Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^e TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

c fos; Coding; Major histocompatibility complex; Olfactory; Recognition; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

EID: 0036848628     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-21-09513.2002     Document Type: Article

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