Long-term exposure to female scent changes courtship behavior in male mice

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 17:51 in Biology & Nature

Few things are as interesting to a male mouse as the scent of a female. Pheromones released by females draw the attention of male mice and trigger courtship and mating behavior. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a specific kind of neuron only in male mice that detects […]

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