Heterogeneities of size and sexual dimorphism between the subdomains of the lateral-innervated accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Hystricognathi)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-312

  Suárez, Rodrigo ^a   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Octodontidae; Pheromones; Semiochemicals; Socio sexual behaviour; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; INNERVATION; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT, GI2; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OCTODON; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 59649115611     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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