Olfactory sensitivity and odor structure-activity relationships for aliphatic carboxylic acids in CD-1 mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Güven, Selçuk ^a   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYL GROUP; N BUTANOIC ACID; N OCTANOIC ACID; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SENSITIVITY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84859141822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034301     Document Type: Article

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