Mammary olfactory signalisation in females and odor processing in neonates: Ways evolved by rabbits and humans

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 346-358

  Schaal, Benoist ^a   Coureaud, Gérard ^a   Doucet, Sébastien ^a   Delaunay El Allam, Maryse ^a   Moncomble, Anne Sophie ^a   Montigny, Delphine ^a   Patris, Bruno ^a   Holley, André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Human; Milk; Mother infant relations; Neonate; Olfaction; Pheromone; Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COGNITION; COLOSTRUM; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RABBIT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BREAST FEEDING; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INSTINCT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64249108596     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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