Sickness-related odor communication signals as determinants of social behavior in rat: A role for inflammatory processes

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-341

  Arakawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Arakawa, Keiko ^a   Deak, Terrence ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal hormones; Neuroinflammation; Odorant communication; Parasite recognition; Pathogen avoidance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CORTICOSTERONE; CUES; ESTRADIOL; HORMONES; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

EID: 77649190049     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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