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Rev Biomed 2002; 13 (3)

Etologic aspects of the chemical comunications in rats and mice of laboratory

Gutiérrez-García AG, Contreras CM

Language: Spanish
References: 109
Page: 189-209
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ABSTRACT

Chemical communication through feromones is basic for intraspecific relationships. These substances are particularly important for provoking reproduction, mating, inhibition or induction of aggressive behavior, group and individual recognition, social organization, delimitation of territory, fear and stress, among other behavioral patterns. Diverse studies have determined that the presence of volatile substances in the urine of rats, satisfies feromonal criteria, since: 1) they produce immediate behavioral effects not attributable to any other sensorial stimulus; b) they are species-specific substances; c) there is minimum influence from experience; d) they indicate the social and reproductive state of whoever produces and secretes them; and e) aversion is produced in rats or mice exposed to the odor of their stressed conspecific. The study of the chemical signals constitutes a fundamental tool for the research of morphological, physiological and biochemical aspects of olfactory receptors, the mechanism for the processing of odoriferous information, as well as the study of different behavioral patterns and endocrine changes associated with feromonal communication, which until recently were associated with certain behavioral patterns only displayed by insects. The evidence has clearly indicated that feromones are also present in mammals, including human beings, a fact that leads to expectations remaining to be explored in order to explain behavioral patterns in practically all animal species.


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