Scent marking behavior in male C57BL/6J mice: Sexual and developmental determination

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Arakawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Arakawa, Keiko ^a   Blanchard, D Caroline ^a,b   Blanchard, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; C57BL 6J; Odor recognition; Sexual behavior; Urinary odor; Urine marking

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMELLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS; URINALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; SCENT GLANDS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 34447261107     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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