Accessory olfactory neural Fos responses to a conditioned environment are blocked in male mice by vomeronasal organ removal

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 781-788

  Pankevich, Diana E ^a   Cherry, James A ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Anesthetized estrous female; c fos; Conditioned place preference; Pheromones; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 33645942093     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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