Fear-like behavioral responses in mice in different odorant environments: Trigeminal versus olfactory mediation under low doses

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-166

  Galliot, Emmanuel ^a   Laurent, Lucie ^a   Hacquemand, Romain ^a   Pourié, Gregory ^a   Millot, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

2,4,5 Trimethylthiazoline; Anxiety; Odors; Predator odor; Rose odor; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRIMETHYL 3 THIAZOLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; TOLUENE;

ALCOHOL; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ODOR; OLFACTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOSMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY NERVE; OPEN FIELD TEST; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MICE; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; THIAZOLES; TOLUENE; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

MUS; PISUM SATIVUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 84860519729     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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