Olfactory sensitivity for six predator odorants in CD-1 mice, human subjects, and spider monkeys

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Sarrafchi, Amir ^a   Odhammer, Anna M E ^a   Hernandez Salazar, Laura Teresa ^b   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPYLTHIETANE; 2,2 DIMETHYLTHIETANE; 3 MERCAPTO 3 METHYLBUTAN 1 OL; 3 MERCAPTO 3 METHYLBUTYL FORMIC ACID; 3 METHYL 1 BUTANETHIOL; ALKYL GROUP; METHYL 2 PHENYLETHYL SULFIDE; OXYGEN; SOLVENT; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIETANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD-1 MOUSE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; DRUG MIXTURE; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; GENE NUMBER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREDATOR; RECEPTOR GENE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER MONKEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 84894271573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080621     Document Type: Article

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