Sexually Dimorphic Enhancement by Estradiol of Male Urinary Odor Detection Thresholds in Mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 788-793

  Sorwell, Krystina G ^a   Wesson, Daniel W ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a Boston University

Author keywords

odor detection; olfaction; sex differences; sex hormones; sniffing

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; URINE ODOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MICE; ODORS; ORCHIECTOMY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL; URINE;

EID: 50849128513     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.4.788     Document Type: Article

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