Discrimination of "odorless" mineral oils alone and as diluents by behaviorally trained mice

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 559-563

  Gamble, Katherine R ^a   Smith, David W ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Odor diluent; Odorant; Odorant discrimination; Odorant mixtures; Olfaction; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE; DILUENT; MINERAL OIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MINERAL OIL; ODORS; SMELL;

MUS;

EID: 69549122530     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp036     Document Type: Article

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