Mice (Mus musculus) lacking a vomeronasal organ can discriminate MHC-determined odortypes

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-246

  Wysocki, Charles J ^a,b   Yamazaki, Kunio ^a   Curran, Maryanne ^a   Wysocki, Linda M ^a   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory recognition; Individuality; MHC (H 2); Odor discrimination; Olfaction; Pheromone; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; PERCEPTION; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 7644220688     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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