Assessment of urinary pheromone discrimination, partner preference, and mating behaviors in female mice.

[en] Behavioral testing methods are described for determining whether female mice can discriminate between volatile urinary pheromones of conspecifics of the same vs. opposite sex and/or in different endocrine conditions, for determining sexual partner preference, for quantifying receptive (lordosis) behavior, and for monitoring the expression of male-typical mounting behavior in female mice.

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Brock, Olivier

Bakker, Julie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biologie de la différenciation sexuelle du cerveau

Baum, Michael J.

Language :

English

Title :

Assessment of urinary pheromone discrimination, partner preference, and mating behaviors in female mice.

Publication date :

2013

Journal title :

Methods in Molecular Biology

ISSN :

1064-3745

eISSN :

1940-6029

Publisher :

Humana Press, Clifton, United States - New Jersey

Volume :

1068

Pages :

319-29

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