Major histocompatibility complex-regulated odortypes: Peptide-free urinary volatile signals

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-188

  Kwak, Jae ^a   Opiekun, Maryanne Curran ^a   Matsumura, Koichi ^a   Preti, George ^a,b   Yamazaki, Kunio ^a   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

MHC; Mouse; Odortype; Urine; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINE ODOR; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL; URINE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 57649219951     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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