A Pheromone That Rapidly Promotes Learning in the Newborn

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1956-1961

  Coureaud, Gérard ^a   Moncomble, Anne Sophie ^a   Montigny, Delphine ^a   Dewas, Maeva ^a   Perrier, Guy ^b   Schaal, Benoist ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL; HUMDISEASE

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETOACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEARNING; NEWBORN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STIMULATION;

ACETOACETATES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; LACTATION; ODORS; PHEROMONES; RABBITS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33749240216     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.030     Document Type: Article

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