Olfactory systems in mate recognition and sexual behavior

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 83, Issue C, 2010, Pages 331-350

  Keller, Matthieu ^a,b,c   Pillon, Delphine ^a,b,c   Bakker, Julie ^d,e,f  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GnRH; Main and accessory olfactory systems; Main olfactory epithelium; Olfactory bulb; Pheromones; Sexual behavior; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; BOOK; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77956429699     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)83014-6     Document Type: Book

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