PMID- 4080845
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19860124
LR  - 20190712
IS  - 0031-9384 (Print)
IS  - 0031-9384 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 5
DP  - 1985 Nov
TI  - Mouse vomeronasal organ: effects on chemosignal production and maternal behavior.
PG  - 809-14
AB  - Adult male mice excrete a urinary chemosignal that accelerates puberty in 
      females, whereas group-housed female mice excrete a urinary chemosignal that 
      delays puberty in young females. We found that: (1) the excretion of the 
      puberty-acceleration chemosignal by males persisted in the absence of the 
      vomeronasal organs and (2) the puberty-delay chemosignal was not present in the 
      urine of group-housed females whose vomeronasal organs had been surgically 
      removed (VNX), but was present in the urine of group-housed females subjected to 
      sham surgery (SHAM). These results suggest that in males, vomeronasal 
      chemoreception does not affect the excretion of the puberty-acceleration 
      chemosignal, but that in females, the vomeronasal organ receives chemosignals 
      that influence the excretion of the puberty-delay chemosignal. Additionally, we 
      found no difference between SHAM and VNX females in rates of conception, litter 
      size, pup growth, pup recognition, or maternal behavior, indicating that normal 
      maternal processes are expressed in the absence of an intact accessory olfactory 
      system.
FAU - Lepri, J J
AU  - Lepri JJ
FAU - Wysocki, C J
AU  - Wysocki CJ
FAU - Vandenbergh, J G
AU  - Vandenbergh JG
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Physiol Behav
JT  - Physiology & behavior
JID - 0151504
SB  - IM
MH  - Animal Communication
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cues
MH  - Female
MH  - Hybridization, Genetic
MH  - Male
MH  - *Maternal Behavior
MH  - Mice
MH  - Mice, Inbred C57BL
MH  - Mice, Inbred ICR
MH  - Nasal Septum
MH  - Odorants/analysis
MH  - Sense Organs/*physiology
MH  - Sexual Maturation
MH  - Smell/*physiology
MH  - Urine/analysis
EDAT- 1985/11/01 00:00
MHDA- 1985/11/01 00:01
CRDT- 1985/11/01 00:00
PHST- 1985/11/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1985/11/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1985/11/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0031-9384(85)90416-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0031-9384(85)90416-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Physiol Behav. 1985 Nov;35(5):809-14. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(85)90416-0.