Neural Mechnanisms of Social Recognition and Memory

Johnston, Robert E.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Type: Small Research Grants (R03)
• Project #: 1R03MH054146-01A1
• Application #: 2254442
• Study Section: Psychobiology, Behavior, and Neuroscience Review Committee (PBN)
• Project Start: 1996-04-01
• Project End: 1998-03-31
• Budget Start: 1996-04-01
• Budget End: 1997-03-31
• Support Year: 1
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: Cornell University
• Department: Psychology
• Type: Schools of Arts and Sciences
• City: Ithaca
• State: NY
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 14850

Publications

Petrulis, A; Peng, M; Johnston, R E (2000) The role of the hippocampal system in social odor discrimination and scent-marking in female golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Behav Neurosci 114:184-95

Mateo, J M; Johnston, R E (2000) Kin recognition and the 'armpit effect': evidence of self-referent phenotype matching. Proc Biol Sci 267:695-700

Petrulis, A; Peng, M; Johnston, R E (1999) Effects of vomeronasal organ removal on individual odor discrimination, sex-odor preference, and scent marking by female hamsters. Physiol Behav 66:73-83

Petrulis, A; Johnston, R E (1999) Lesions centered on the medial amygdala impair scent-marking and sex-odor recognition but spare discrimination of individual odors in female golden hamsters. Behav Neurosci 113:345-57

Petrulis, A; DeSouza, I; Schiller, M et al. (1998) Role of frontal cortex in social odor discrimination and scent-marking in female golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Behav Neurosci 112:199-212