Olfactory cues are sufficient to elicit social approach behaviors but not social transmission of food preference in C57BL/6J mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-242

  Ryan, Bryce C ^a   Young, Nancy B ^a   Moy, Sheryl S ^a   Crawley, Jacqueline N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Mouse; Social behavior; Social transmission of food preference; Three chambered social approach task

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48749122495     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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