Emerging views on the distinct but related roles of the main and accessory olfactory systems in responsiveness to chemosensory signals in mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Restrepo, Diego ^a   Arellano, Julie ^a   Oliva, Anthony M ^a   Schaefer, Michele L ^b   Lin, Weihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Cyclic nucleotide gated channel; Main olfactory system; Odor mosaic; Odortype; Pheromone; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; 2 SEC BUTYL 2 THIAZOLINE; 2,3 DEHYDROBREVICOMIN; 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZINE; 6 HYDROXY 6 METHYL 3 HEPTANONE; ALPHA FARNESENE; BETA FARNESENE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMOSENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; ODOR; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 1842640877     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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