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Nature Neuroscience 11, 128 - 129 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0208-128
More to pheromones than meets the nose
Kevin D Broad1 & Eric B Keverne1
- The authors are in the Sub-Department of Animal Behavior, University of Cambridge, Madingley, Cambridge CB23 8AA, UK. e-mail: kdb1000@cam.ac.uk
Abstract
Mice use pheromones to regulate social behavior. New work in mice now identifies the protein in urine that is essential for aggressive behavior, along with the specific subclass of neurons involved in its processing.
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