Diminished pheromone-induced sexual behavior in neurokinin-1 receptor deficient (TACR1-/-) mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Berger, A ^a   Tran, A H ^a   Dida, J ^b   Minkin, S ^a   Gerard, N P ^c   Yeomans, J ^b   Paige, C J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemokinin 1; Mice; Neurokinin 1 receptor (NK 1R); Pheromone; Reward seeking; Sexual behavior; Substance P; Tachykinin; Urine sniffing

Indexed keywords

2 BENZHYDRYL 3 (2 IODOBENZYLAMINO)QUINUCLIDINE; HEMOKININ 1; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MUS;

EID: 84863212735     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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