Sex-specific responses to urinary chemicals by the mouse vomeronasal organ

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 749-754

  Thompson, Roger N ^a,b   Robertson, B K ^a   Napier, Audrey ^a   Wekesa, Kennedy S ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IP3; Mice; Pheromones; Signal transduction; Urinary compounds; VNO

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZINE; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HEPTANE DERIVATIVE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; METHADONE; PHEROMONE; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,5-DIMETHYLPYRAZINE; 2-HEPTANONE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; STIMULATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; KETONES; MALE; MEMBRANES; MICE; MICROVILLI; PYRAZINES; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 16644389096     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh076     Document Type: Article

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