Sexual rejection via a vomeronasal receptor-triggered limbic circuit

Sex pheromones that increase mating have been reported across a number of different species, yet there is little known about pheromones that suppress female mating drive. This study reports that juvenile female mice release a pheromone, ESP22, which suppresses sexual receptivity of adult female mice...

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Autores principales: Takuya Osakada, Kentaro K. Ishii, Hiromi Mori, Ryo Eguchi, David M. Ferrero, Yoshihiro Yoshihara, Stephen D. Liberles, Kazunari Miyamichi, Kazushige Touhara
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/f37fab123ab949e592fff408513bdaf2
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Sumario:Sex pheromones that increase mating have been reported across a number of different species, yet there is little known about pheromones that suppress female mating drive. This study reports that juvenile female mice release a pheromone, ESP22, which suppresses sexual receptivity of adult female mice by evoking a robust rejection behavior upon male mounting.