Contribution of pheromones processed by the main olfactory system to mate recognition in female mammals

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferret; Human; Hypothalamus; Mouse; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE; ANDROSTADENONE; ESTRADIOL; PHEROMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FERRET; GLOMERULUS; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SWINE;

EID: 85088715887     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00020     Document Type: Review

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