Odor detection and odor discrimination in subadult and adult rats for two enantiomeric odorants supported by c-fos data

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Clarin, Theresa ^a   Sandhu, Swetlana ^a   Apfelbach, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age differences; c Fos study; Carvone and limonene; Discrimination threshold; Olfactory bulb; Olfactory sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CARVONE; LIMONENE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SUBADULT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CYCLOHEXENES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOTERPENES; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; STEREOISOMERISM; TERPENES;

EID: 70350337444     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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