Neural mechanisms of alarm pheromone signaling

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Enjin, Anders ^a   Suh, Greg Seong Bae ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alarm pheromone; avoidance behavior; olfaction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MUS;

EID: 84880038315     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-0056-3     Document Type: Review

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