ArticleVomeronasal organ and social factors affect urine marking by male mice
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2000, Physiology and BehaviorCitation Excerpt :In many other cases, the behavioral or endocrine responses that have been investigated are ones that are typical of just one sex, indicating the existence of many sex differences in the function of the VNO. For example, the VNO has been implicated in pre-copulatory, ultrasonic calling in male mice [4], urine marking in male mice [37,43], LH and testosterone surges in male mice and male hamsters in response to female odors [53,67], reproductive activation of female prairie voles [38], and maternal behavior of female rats and golden hamsters [14,42]. The present results are the first that we are aware of, however, in which a sex difference in vomeronasal function has been demonstrated for a general-purpose discrimination ability, as opposed to a specific behavioral or endocrine response to odors.