Peripheral anosmia and social investigatory behavior of the male rat
| Autor: | Kevin J. Flannelly, Donald H. Thor |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Anosmia Placebo Rats Peripheral Smell Olfaction Disorders Sexual Behavior Animal Zinc Endocrinology Internal medicine Exploratory Behavior medicine Animals General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female Nasal administration Castration medicine.symptom Social Behavior Psychology Saline General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Behavioral Biology. 20:128-134 |
| ISSN: | 0091-6773 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0091-6773(77)90682-4 |
| Popis: | Virgin male Long—Evans rats were treated with intranasal application of zinc sulfate solution or saline placebo. Zinc-treated animals failed to exhibit normal social-investigatory behavior when exposed to novel females; mounting behavior, however, was not similarly depressed. Multiple zinc treatments caused a sustained reduction in social investigation for the 20-day period of testing. The results are attributed to zinc-induced peripheral anosmia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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