A direct main olfactory bulb projection to the 'vomeronasal' amygdala in female mice selectively responds to volatile pheromones from males

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 624-634

  Kang, Ningdong ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a   Cherry, James A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde; Mating; Pheromone; Retrograde; Sex; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN FOS; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; INFORMATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MITRAL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTION; URINE; URINE ODOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICE; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; STAINING AND LABELING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 59149086633     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06638.x     Document Type: Article

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