The role of pheromonal responses in rodent behavior: Future directions for the development of laboratory protocols

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-129

  Bind, Rebecca H ^a   Minney, Sarah M ^a   Rosenfeld, Sarajane ^a   Hallock, Robert M ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAGE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; RODENT; SANITATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; PHEROMONES; RATS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84875498793     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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