PMID- 23049501
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121011
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1662-5129 (Electronic)
IS  - 1662-5129 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2012
TI  - The main but not the accessory olfactory system is involved in the processing of 
      socially relevant chemosignals in ungulates.
PG  - 39
LID - 10.3389/fnana.2012.00039 [doi]
LID - 39
AB  - Ungulates like sheep and goats have, like many other mammalian species, two 
      complementary olfactory systems. The relative role played by these two systems 
      has long been of interest regarding the sensory control of social behavior. The 
      study of ungulate social behavior could represent a complimentary alternative to 
      rodent studies because they live in a more natural environment and their social 
      behaviors depend heavily on olfaction. In addition, the relative size of the main 
      olfactory bulb (MOB) [in comparison to the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB)] is 
      more developed than in many other lissencephalic species like rodents. In this 
      review, we present data showing a clear involvement of the main olfactory system 
      in two well-characterized social situations under olfactory control in ungulates, 
      namely maternal behavior and offspring recognition at birth and the reactivation 
      of the gonadotropic axis of females exposed to males during the anestrous season. 
      In conclusion, we discuss the apparent discrepancy between the absence of 
      evidence for a role of the vomeronasal system in ungulate social behavior and the 
      existence of a developed accessory olfactory system in these species.
FAU - Keller, Matthieu
AU  - Keller M
AD  - INRA, UMR 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements Nouzilly, France 
      ; CNRS, UMR 7247 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements Nouzilly, 
      France ; Universite Francois Rabelais de Tours Tours, France.
FAU - Levy, Frederic
AU  - Levy F
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120919
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Neuroanat
JT  - Frontiers in neuroanatomy
JID - 101477943
PMC - PMC3446679
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - male effect
OT  - maternal behavior
OT  - olfactory learning
OT  - olfactory systems
OT  - sociosexual interactions
OT  - vomeronasal organ
EDAT- 2012/10/11 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/11 06:01
PMCR- 2012/01/01
CRDT- 2012/10/11 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/08/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/10/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/11 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fnana.2012.00039 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Neuroanat. 2012 Sep 19;6:39. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00039. eCollection 
      2012.