Gender distinction in neural discrimination of sex pheromones in the olfactory bulb of crucian carp, carassius carassius

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Lastein, Stine ^a   Hamdani, El Hassan ^a   Døving, Kjell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemotopy; Olfaction; Olfactory bulb; Sex; Specificity

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; AMINO ACID; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BILE SALT; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CARPS; DINOPROST; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; REPRODUCTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 30344484248     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj007     Document Type: Article

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