Pyrazine analogs are active components of wolf urine that induce avoidance and fear-related behaviors in deer

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Osada, Kazumi ^a   Miyazono, Sadaharu ^b   Kashiwayanagi, Makoto ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Fear; Field bioassay; Hokkaido deer; Kairomone; Pyrazine analog; Repellent; Wolf

Indexed keywords

PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; CERVUS NIPPON YESOENSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEAR; FEEDING; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; UNGULATE; URINALYSIS; WOLF;

EID: 84982146257     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00276     Document Type: Article

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