The main but not the accessory olfactory system is involved in the processing of socially relevant chemosignals in ungulates

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Keller, Matthieu ^a,b   Lévy, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Male effect; Maternal behavior; Olfactory learning; Olfactory systems; Sociosexual interactions; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; ACCESSORY OLFACTORY SYSTEM; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMOSIGNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOAT; MAIN OLFACTORY BULB; MAIN OLFACTORY SYSTEM; MALE EFFECT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OFFSPRING RECOGNITION; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; UNGULATE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84867038046     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00039     Document Type: Review

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