Innate predator odor aversion driven by parallel olfactory subsystems that converge in the ventromedial hypothalamus

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1340-1346

  Pérez Gómez, Anabel ^a   Bleymehl, Katherin ^a   Stein, Benjamin ^a   Pyrski, Martina ^a   Birnbaumer, Lutz ^b,d   Munger, Steven D ^c   Leinders Zufall, Trese ^a   Zufall, Frank ^a   Chamero, Pablo ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

CNGA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; FRAGRANCE; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHENETHYLAMINE; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; GANGLION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; GANGLIA; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHENETHYLAMINES; PHEROMONES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84929607574     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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