Pheromone detection in male mice depends on signaling through the type 3 adenylyl cyclase in the main olfactory epithelium

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 7375-7379

  Wang, Zhenshan ^a   Sindreu, Carlos Balet ^a   Li, Vicky ^a   Nudelman, Aaron ^a   Chan, Guy C K ^a   Storm, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AC3; Male aggressiveness; MOE; Pheromone; Sexual behavior; VNO

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLYL CYCLASE TYPE 3; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 HEPTANONE; 2-HEPTANONE; ADENYLYL CYCLASE III; ISOENZYME; KETONE; ZINC SULFATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MILK; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HABITUATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; KETONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MILK; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; URINE; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 33746093550     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1967-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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