The vomeronasal organ is required for the expression of lordosis behaviour, but not sex discrimination in female mice - Keller, Matthieu; Pierman, Sylvie; Douhard, Quentin; Baum, Michael J.; Bakker, Julie (The European journal of neuroscience, 2006)
Keywords: accessory olfactory system; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Discrimination, Psychological - physiology; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel - methods; Female; Gene Expression - physiology; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - pharmacology; Human health sciences; Immunohistochemistry - methods; Male; mate recognition; Maze Learning - physiology; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Molecular Weight; Neurologie; Neurology; Neurosciences & behavior; Neurosciences & comportement; Odorants; olfaction; Olfactory Pathways - metabolism; Posture; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos - metabolism; Sciences de la santé humaine; Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie; Sexual Behavior, Animal - drug effects; Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology; sexual behaviour; Smell - physiology; Social & behavioral sciences, psychology; Urine - chemistry; Vomeronasal Organ - physiology