Behavioural response of sexually naïve and experienced male rats to the smell of 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and female rat faeces

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-155

  Nielsen, Birte L ^a   JerÔme, Nathalie ^a   Saint Albin, Audrey ^a   Rampin, Olivier ^a   Maurin, Yves ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Brown Norway rat; Estrus; Odor; Olfaction; Penile erection; Sulcatone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; HERB; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BROWN NORWAY RAT; ESTRUS; ODOR; OLFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; SULCATONE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; KETONES; MALE; ODORS; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 84883441772     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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