Chemical olfactory signals and parenthood in mammals

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-90

  Corona, Rebeca ^a,b,c,d   Lévy, Frédéric ^a,b,c,d  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Haras Nationaux   (France)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Main olfactory system; Maternal behavior; Mother offspring recognition; Olfaction; Olfactory neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARENTHOOD; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; PUPPY; REARING; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SMELLING; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL;

EID: 84922534639     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.018     Document Type: Review

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