The alarm reaction in fishes - Odorants, modulations of responses, neural pathways

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 413-423

  Døving, Kjell B ^a   Lastein, Stine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alarm reaction; Alarm substances; Development; Fish; Olfaction; Olfactory bulb; Reproduction; Secondary neurons; Sensory neurons; Species specificity

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PHEROMONE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

AGING; AGONIST; ANATOMY; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CARP; CELL ACTIVATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; CYPRINIFORMES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

CARASSIUS; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 68649125331     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04111.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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