The volatility of an alarm pheromone in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 749-752

  Inagaki, Hideaki ^a   Nakamura, Kayo ^a   Kiyokawa, Yasushi ^a,b   Kikusui, Takefumi ^c   Takeuchi, Yukari ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Azabu University ^*  (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Alarm pheromone; Anxiogenic effect; Pheromone chemical; Rat

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; MALE; PHEROMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 60249093599     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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