The rodent accessory olfactory system

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 767-777

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Behaviour; Jacobson's organ; Pheromones; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RODENT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; RODENTIA; SMELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 77957142446     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0555-z     Document Type: Review

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