Presumed involvement of pheromones in mating behavior in the rat

C, Aron; Chateau, D

doi:10.1016/0018-506x(71)90006-7

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“…The introduction of male odour cues to grouped, oestrus-suppressed females reinstates their normal cycles, oestrus occurring 72 h later (Whitten, Bronson & Greenstein, 1968 (Whitten, 1958;Whitten et al, 1968) or, as shown here, by removal of the peripheral receptors (vomeronasal organ). The involvement of the vomeronasal system in mediating endocrine changes associated with reproduction has been suspected for some time (Estes, 1972), but has only recently been demonstrated in the rat (Johns et al, 1978) in which urine odours are also associated with the timing of the oestrous cycle (Aron & Chateau, 1971). …”

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The accessory olfactory system and its role in the pheromonally mediated suppression of oestrus in grouped mice

Reynolds¹,

Keverne²

1979

Reproduction

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Summary. Mice were grouped to induce suppression of oestrus and subjected to removal of the vomeronasal organs or treatment with CB 154 which lowers prolactin levels. Both treatments overcame the suppression of oestrus after 72 h. Oestrus suppression was induced in lesioned mice by haloperidol treatment which raises plasma prolactin, and oestrus returned some 72 h after withdrawal of haloperidol treatment.

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The accessory olfactory system and its role in the pheromonally mediated suppression of oestrus in grouped mice

Reynolds¹,

Keverne²

1979

Reproduction

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“…A similar effect resulted from hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus lesions (Carrer et al, 1973/74). On the odier hand exposure to the odour of male or female urine resulted in a 24-hr cycle shortening in 5-day cyclic female rats (Aron and Chateau, 1971;Chateau et al, 1973a). This shortening action appeared to be mediated by the olfactory pathway but, regarding male urine, the same effect was shown to be also produced by licking of the litter (Chateau et al, 1973).…”

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Does the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus mediate the action of olfactory stimuli on estrous rhythm in the rat?

Château¹,

C²

1977

Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research

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“…One sensory system with direct connexions to the anterior preoptic hypo¬ thalamus is the olfactory system (Scott & Pfaffmann, 1967). Studies of the role of olfaction in influencing the oestrous cycle and copulatory behaviour in female rats have yielded conflicting results (Rosen, Shelesnyak & Zacharias, 1940; van der Werff ten Bosch & van Beugen, 1960;Zouhar & DeGroot, 1963;Hughes, 1964;Orbach & Kling, 1966;Aron, Roos & Asch, 1970;Aron & Chateau, 1971;Moss, 1971;Edwards & Warner, 1972). However, Aron et al (1970) have demonstrated that it plays a role in the early mating response of rats with a 5-day cycle.…”

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Alterations in Incidence of Mating and Copulation-Induced Ovulation After Olfactory Bulb Ablation in Female Rats

Curry¹

1974

Journal of Endocrinology

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Intact control and sham-operated rats, when given sodium pentobarbitone at 13.30 h on the day of pro-oestrus, mated (controls, 10/12; shamoperated, 13/15) that night and underwent copulation-induced ovulation. However, after removal of the olfactory bulbs only 13 out of 23 pentobarbitone-blocked rats mated. Of the mated animals only six ovulated as compared with ten in the unoperated group and ten in the sham-operated group. The incidence of ovulation in all non-mated animals was low. In addition, the bulbectomized, mated animals which ovulated shed significantly fewer ova than did intact controls and sham-operated rats (6\m=.\8 as compared with 11\ m=. \ 3 and 13\m=.\4, respectively). The incidence of mating in bulbectomized animals was also lower than in sham-operated animals when pentobarbitone was not given (8/16 and 8/11, respectively). Ovulation was essentially complete in all groups except in bulbectomized, mated rats which shed significantly fewer ova. It is suggested that olfactory inputs are important in mediating copulation-induced ovulation in the pentobarbitone\x=req-\ blocked rat and that copulation in the absence of olfactory inputs interferes in some way with the normal sequence of secretion of ovulatory hormone(s) in the non-blocked rat.

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Presumed involvement of pheromones in mating behavior in the rat

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

The accessory olfactory system and its role in the pheromonally mediated suppression of oestrus in grouped mice

The accessory olfactory system and its role in the pheromonally mediated suppression of oestrus in grouped mice

Does the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus mediate the action of olfactory stimuli on estrous rhythm in the rat?

Alterations in Incidence of Mating and Copulation-Induced Ovulation After Olfactory Bulb Ablation in Female Rats

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