Characterization of the primer pheromone molecules responsible for the 'male effect' in ruminant species

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Okamura, Hiroaki ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DHT; GnRH pulse generator; Goat; Male effect; Primer pheromone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CASTRATION; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GOATS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HAIR; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHEROMONES; RUMINANTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33644513753     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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