Vomeronasal system involvement in response to conspecific odors in adult male opossums, Monodelphis domestica

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-113

  Shapiro, Lena Shnayder ^a   Roland, Risa Maxine ^a,b   Li, Cheng Shu ^a,c   Halpern, Mimi ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Lectin staining; Nuzzling behavior; Opossum; Scent marking behavior; Vomeronasal nerve lesion; NADPH diaphorase staining

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0343773295     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00206-5     Document Type: Article

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