Ominous odors: Olfactory control of instinctive fear and aggression in mice

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-345

  Stowers, Lisa ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a   Keller, Jason A ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONES AND HORMONE ANALOGS; KAIROMONE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOSENSORY RECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CUES; FEAR; MICE; ODORS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84878365690     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.007     Document Type: Review

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