Social isolation induces preference for odours of oestrous females in sexually naive male staggerer mutant mice

C Féron; C Baudoin

doi:10.1093/chemse/23.1.119

Social isolation induces preference for odours of oestrous females in sexually naive male staggerer mutant mice

Chem Senses. 1998 Feb;23(1):119-21. doi: 10.1093/chemse/23.1.119.

Authors

C Féron¹, C Baudoin

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Ethologie Expérimentale et Comparée, U.R.A. CNRS No. 2214, Université Paris XIII, Villetaneuse, France. cferon@leec.univ-paris13.fr

PMID: 9530977
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/23.1.119

Abstract

The staggerer murine mutation induces olfactory deficits. Mutant males do not prefer oestrous odours to anoestrous ones. A period of social isolation after weaning induces such a preference in mutants.

MeSH terms

Animals
Estrus*
Female
Male
Mice
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Odorants*
Sexual Behavior, Animal*
Social Isolation*