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Social Odors: Alarm Pheromones and Social Buffering.

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Published in 2017 at "Current topics in behavioral neurosciences"

DOI: 10.1007/7854_2015_406

Abstract: In this chapter, I describe 2 types of olfactory communication in rats, which appear to arouse anxiety and relief, respectively. In alarm pheromonal communication, rats release 4-methylpentanal and hexanal from their perianal region when they… read more here.

Keywords: social odors; appeasing olfactory; olfactory signal; buffering ... See more keywords