Removal of the accessory olfactory bulbs promotes maternal behavior in virgin rabbits

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-95

  González Mariscal, Gabriela ^a   Chirino, Rosario ^a   Beyer, Carlos ^a   Rosenblatt, Jay S ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Estrogen; Maternal behavior; Neural control; Olfaction; Rabbit; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SNIFFING; STIMULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EATING; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; SMELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342521251     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.036     Document Type: Article

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