Male urinary chemosignals differentially affect aggressive behavior in male mice

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 777-791

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a   Cavaggioni, Andrea ^a   Caretta, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgens; Behavior; Infanticide; Lipocalins; Major Urinary Proteins; Mice; Pheromones; Urine

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTEIN; VOLATILE AGENT;

AGGRESSION; CHEMICAL CUE; RODENT; URINE;

AEROSOL; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FOOD; INFANTICIDE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; RECORDING; TIME; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; LIGANDS; MALE; MICE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; PROTEINS; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 3543039467     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000028431.29484.d7     Document Type: Article

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