Accessory olfactory bulb function is modulated by input from the main olfactory epithelium

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1108-1116

  Slotnick, Burton ^a   Restrepo, Diego ^b   Schellinck, Heather ^c   Archbold, Georgina ^c   Price, Stephen ^c   Lin, Weihong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Main olfactory bulb; Mouse; Odor detection; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PHEROMONE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; ZINC SULFATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SMELL; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 77949548616     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07141.x     Document Type: Article

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