STUD MALE PROTECTION OF IMPLANTATION IN FOOD-DEPRIVED MICE - EVALUATION OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF OLFACTORY-VOMERONASAL SYSTEMS

被引:12
作者
ARCHUNAN, G [1 ]
DOMINIC, CJ [1 ]
机构
[1] BANARAS HINDU UNIV,DEPT ZOOL,VARANASI 221005,UTTAR PRADESH,INDIA
来源
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY | 1990年 / 96卷 / 01期
关键词
Food deprivation; Implantation failure; Mice; Olfactory system; Stud male;
D O I
10.1055/s-0029-1210985
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The protection of implantation in food-deprived females provided by exposure to the stud males was not abolished following surgical ablation of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) from females. By contrast, stud males failed to protect implantation in food-deprived females made peripherally anosmic by intranasal irrigation with ZnSO4. The results suggest that the main olfactory system, and not the accessory olfactory system, is involved in the perception of the stud male-originating olfactory cue that protects implantation in nutritionally-stressed females. The findings also provide circumstantial evidence that the stud male-originating olfactory cue involved in the protective effect is volatile (air-borne). © 1990, J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, New York. All rights reserved.
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页码:30 / 36
页数:7
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