Antigen-induced changes in odor attractiveness and reproductive output in male mice

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-458

  Gerlinskaya, Ludmila A ^b   Shnayder, Elena P ^a   Dotsenko, Anna S ^a   Maslennikova, Svetlana O ^a   Zavjalov, Eugene L ^a   Moshkin, Mikhail P ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^c TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antigenic stimulation; Female choice; Hemocyanin; Immunoresponsiveness; Odor preference; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ODOR ATTRACTIVENESS; OLFACTORY PREFERENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT; STIMULUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; ODORS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857165529     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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