Outstanding issues surrounding vomeronasal mechanisms of pregnancy block and individual recognition in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Brennan, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Major histocompatibility complex; Major urinary protein; Noradrenaline; Pregnancy block; Social recognition; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEINS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 64049085166     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.045     Document Type: Article

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