Genetic dissection of pheromone processing reveals main olfactory system-mediated social behaviors in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2015, Pages E311-E320

  Matsuo, Tomohiko ^a   Hattori, Tatsuya ^b   Asaba, Akari ^b   Inoue, Naokazu ^c,d   Kanomata, Nobuhiro ^e   Kikusui, Takefumi ^b   Kobayakaw, Reiko ^a   Kobayakaw, Ko ^a,f  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Main olfactory system; Pheromone processing; Social behavior; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; GENETIC DISSECTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHEROMONES; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84921411451     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416723112     Document Type: Article

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