Biol Reprod Lalor Postdoctoral Fellowships -- Application Deadline January 15, 2009
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by ORSULAK, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by GAWIENOWSKI, A. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by ORSULAK, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by GAWIENOWSKI, A. M.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by ORSULAK, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by GAWIENOWSKI, A. M.

Biology of Reproduction, Vol 6, 219-223, Copyright © 1972 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

Olfactory Preferences for the Rat Preputial Gland

PAUL J. ORSULAK 1, and ANTHONY M. GAWIENOWSKI 1

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002


The olfactory preference of sexually experienced male and female rats for saline homogenates of preputial glands, submaxillary-sublingual glands and foot pads from animals of the opposite sex was determined, using a two-choice olfactory discrimination apparatus. Nineteen of the 22 females tested preferred the odor of the male preputial gland to that of control tissue (p < 0.005). Sixteen of 18 males preferred the odor of female preputial gland to the control (p < 0.005). The male and female rats did not exhibit any preference for the odor of submaxillary-sublingual glands or foot pads. A 64% increase in female investigating time was found when the male preputial gland homogenate was used in the two-choice situation. Under similar circumstances, a 71% increase in male rat investigating time was recorded if the female preputial gland was used. The experimental data suggested that the saline homogenate of the rat preputial gland contains a substance which is attractive to the opposite sex, while the other tissues tested do not produce any behavioral change at the same homogenate concentration.

Submitted on July 2, 1971




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Chem SensesHome page
J.-X. Zhang, L. Sun, J.-H. Zhang, and Z.-Y. Feng
Sex- and Gonad-Affecting Scent Compounds and 3 Male Pheromones in the Rat
Chem Senses, September 1, 2008; 33(7): 611 - 621.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1972 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction.