Olfactory sensitivity for "green odors" (aliphatic C 6 alcohols and C 6 aldehydes) - A comparative study in male CD-1 mice (Mus musculus) and female spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 450-457

  Løtvedt, Pia Katrine ^a   Murali, Sathish Kumar ^a   Hernandez Salazar, Laura Teresa ^b   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Green odors; Mouse; Odor structure activity relationships; Olfactory detection thresholds; Spider monkey

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKANOL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GREEN ODOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SPIDER MONKEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ATELINAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84857607396     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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