The smell of danger: A behavioral and ne
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Lorey K. Takahashi; Brandy R. Nakashima; Hyechong Hong; Kendra Watanabe
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The odors of predators used in animal models provide, in addition to electric footshock, an important means to investigate the neurobiology of fear. Studies indicate that cat odor and trimethylthiazoline (TMT), a synthetic compound isolated from fox feces, are often presented to rodents to induce fe