Shared and differential traits in the accessory olfactory bulb of caviomorph rodents with particular reference to the semiaquatic capybara

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 558-565

  Suárez, Rodrigo ^a   Santibáñez, Rodrigo ^a   Parra, Daniela ^a   Coppi, Antonio A ^b   Abrahão, Luciana M B ^b   Sasahara, Tais H C ^b   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Hydrochaeridae; Hystricognathi; Pheromones; Semiochemicals; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOMERONASAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

CAVIOMORPHA; HYDROCHAERIDAE; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953283047     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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