Peripubertal exposure to male odors influences female puberty and adult expression of male-directed odor preference in mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-133

  Jouhanneau, Mélanie ^a   Cornilleau, Fabien ^a   Keller, Matthieu ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Mate recognition; Olfaction; Pheromone; Puberty; Sexual attraction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR PREFERENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SNIFFING; WEIGHT GAIN;

MATE RECOGNITION; OLFACTION; PHEROMONE; PUBERTY; SEXUAL ATTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; ODORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMELL;

EID: 84892461964     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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