Assessment of urinary pheromone discrimination, partner preference, and mating behaviors in female mice

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1068, Issue , 2013, Pages 319-329

  Brock, Olivier ^a   Bakker, Julie ^b   Baum, Michael J ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Lordosis; Main olfactory system; Mounting behavior; Progesterone; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884195912     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-619-1_24     Document Type: Article

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