Comparative Behavioral Effects Between Synthetic 2,4,5-trimethylthiazoline (TMT) and the Odor of Natural Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Feces in Mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1063-1072

  Buron, Gaelle ^a   Hacquemand, Romain ^a   Pourie, Gregory ^a   Lucarz, Annie ^a   Jacquot, Laurence ^a   Brand, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

avoidance; fear; fox odor; olfactory sensitivity; TMT

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEAR; FECES; FEMALE; FOX; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THIAZOLES; VAGINA;

EID: 35748957523     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.5.1063     Document Type: Article

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