Publication Date:
1979-01-26
Description:
The onset of maternal responsiveness by virgin female rats to foster pups was observed after (i) complete vomeronasal nerve cuts, (ii) partial olfactory bulb cuts, or (iii) the combined procedures. Although both vomeronasal nerve cuts and olfactory bulb cuts resulted in a more rapid onset of maternal care, relative to control animals with sham operations, animals sustaining the loss of both sources of olfactory input exhibited the shortest response latency. These findings are discussed in terms of the probable distinct functions of the two olfactory systems in the control of maternal behavior in the rat.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fleming, A -- Vaccarino, F -- Tambosso, L -- Chee, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Jan 26;203(4378):372-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/760196" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Afferent Pathways
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Animals
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Central Nervous System/*physiology
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Female
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*Maternal Behavior
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Olfactory Bulb/physiology
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Olfactory Pathways/*physiology
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Rats
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Smell/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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