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Attraction thresholds and sex discrimination of urinary odorants in male and female aromatase knockout (ArKO) mice.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Jan 2006
Pierman Sylvie, Douhard Quentin, Balthazart Jacques, Baum Michael J, Bakker Julie
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We previously found that both male and female aromatase knockout (ArKO) mice, which cannot synthesize estrogens due to a targeted mutation of the aromatase gene, showed less investigation of volatile body odors from anesthetized conspecifics of both sexes in Y-maze tests. We now ask whether ArKO mice are in fact capable of discriminating between and/or responding to volatile odors. Using...
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