Pheromonal activation of vomeronasal neurons in plethodontid salamanders

Brain Research

Volumn 952, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 335-344

  Wirsig Wiechmann, Celeste R ^a   Houck, Lynne D ^b   Feldhoff, Pamela W ^c   Feldhoff, Richard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Pheromone; Plethodon; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0037131083     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03369-3     Document Type: Article

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