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Novartis Found Symp

Title:		Molecular architecture of pheromone sensing in mammals
Author(s):		Dulac C;
Address:		"Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA"
Journal Title:		Novartis Found Symp
Year:		2005
Volume:		268
Issue:
Page Number:		100 - 107
DOI:		10.1002/0470010703.ch8
ISSN/ISBN:		1528-2511 (Print) 1528-2511 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Pheromones have evolved as a discrete class of secreted chemicals that signal the sex and social status of an individual and that promote coordinated motor programs and endocrine changes essential for breeding and aggression. The highly reproducible and species-specific character of the response to pheromones offers a unique experimental system to elucidate the coding of sexual and social information within the brain, and to provide new insights into the molecular and cellular basis of information processing leading to specific behaviours"
Keywords:		"Animals Olfactory Bulb/*physiology Olfactory Mucosa/*physiology Pheromones/*physiology Receptors, Odorant/physiology Smell/physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineDulac, Catherine eng Review England 2005/10/07 Novartis Found Symp. 2005; 268:100-7; discussion 107-10, 167-70. doi: 10.1002/0470010703.ch8"