Rats smell in stereo

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5761, 2006, Pages 666-670

  Rajan, Raghav ^a   Clement, James P ^a   Bhalla, Upinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ODORS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAMPLING;

MAMMALS; RATS; STEREO CUES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREATHING PATTERN; BULBAR NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMELLING; SNIFFING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NEURONS; NOSE; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 31944450870     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122096     Document Type: Article

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