Olfactory sensitivity for six amino acids: A comparative study in CD-1 mice and spider monkeys

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1475-1485

  Wallén, Helena ^a   Engström, Ida ^a   Salazar, Laura Teresa Hernandez ^b   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Methionine; Olfactory detection thresholds; Proline

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; ATELES SP.; MUS;

EID: 84858708828     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0951-x     Document Type: Article

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