Behavioral responses of CD-1 Mice to six predator odor components

Chemical Senses

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 399-406

  Sievert, Thorbjörn ^a   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avoidance response; Mouse; Predator odor; Sulfur containing odorants

Indexed keywords

2 PROPYLTHIETANE; 2,2 DIMETHYLTHIETANE; 3 MERCAPTO 3 METHYLBUTAN 1 OL; 3 MERCAPTO 3 METHYLBUTYL 1 FORMATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; METHYL 2 PHENYLETHYL SULFIDE; N PENTYL ACETATE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; FRAGRANCE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FECES LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; HABITUATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MICE; ODORANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84976515641     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjw015     Document Type: Article

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