Evaluation of the involvement of the vomeronasal organ in the pheromonal influences on the estrous cycle of the laboratory mouse

Autor:	C.J. Dominic, Gangrade Bk
Rok vydání:	1985
Předmět:	Estrous cycle medicine.medical_specialty Vomeronasal organ Laboratory mouse Physiology Whitten effect General Medicine Biology Endocrinology Food Animals Internal medicine medicine Pheromone Animal Science and Zoology sense organs Lee–Boot effect
Zdroj:	Animal Reproduction Science. 8:181-185
ISSN:	0378-4320
DOI:	10.1016/0378-4320(85)90085-5
Popis:	The estrous-cycle irregularities induced in female mice by unisexual grouping were not abolished by ablation of the vomeronasal organ (VNO). The cycle irregularities in VNO-ablated females housed in unisexual groups were similar to those in sham-operated and intact females housed in unisexual groups. Exposure of unisexually grouped VNO-ablated females to conspecific males induced estrus in the majority of females within 7 days with the characteristic peak on day 3 (the Whitten effect). Sham-operated, as well as intact females also showed the Whitten effect following male exposure. The results suggest that the VNO is not involved in the perception of the female-originating pheromone inducing estrous-cycle irregularities, and the male-originating pheromone causing induction of estrus.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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