From pheromones to behavior

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 921-956

  Tirindelli, Roberto ^b   Dibattista, Michele ^b   Pifferi, Simone ^b   Menini, Anna ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE; FRONTALIN; GONADORELIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 67651068243     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00037.2008     Document Type: Review

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