The vomeronasal organ is required for the expression of lordosis behaviour, but not sex discrimination in female mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 521-530

  Keller, Matthieu ^a   Pierman, Sylvie ^a   Douhard, Quentin ^a   Baum, Michael J ^b   Bakker, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Mate recognition; Olfaction; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LORDOSIS; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; POSTURE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 33644942547     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04589.x     Document Type: Article

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