A preliminary study for identifying olfactory markers of fear in the rat

Lab Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-80

  Hauser, Roman ^a   Marczak, Marcin ^b   Karaszewski, Bartosz ^a   Wiergowski, Marek ^a   Kaliszan, Michał ^a   Penkowski, Michał ^a   Kernbach Wighton, Gerhard ^c   Jankowski, Zbigniew ^a   Namieśnik, Jacek ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHEROMONE;

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEAR; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AIR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEAR; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; RATTUS;

EID: 38649116291     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0208-76     Document Type: Article

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