Chondroitin fragments are odorants that trigger fear behavior in fish

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 538-544

  Mathuru, Ajay S ^a   Kibat, Caroline ^a   Cheong, Wei Fun ^b   Shui, Guanghou ^b   Wenk, Markus R ^b   Friedrich, Rainer W ^c,d   Jesuthasan, Suresh ^a,b,e  

^a Agency for Science   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHONDROITIN; FEAR; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; SKIN; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84858665565     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.061     Document Type: Article

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