Microtus ochrogaster

Demas G.E., Williams J.M. and Nelson R.J. (1997). Amygdala but not hippocampal lesions impair olfactory memory for mate in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Am J Physiol 273, 1683-1689. 

Heske E.J. and Nelson R.J. (1989). Pregnancy interruption in Microtus ochrogaster — laboratory artefact or field phenomenon Biol Reprod 31, 97-103. 

Kirkpatrick B., Carter C Newman S. and Insel T. (1994). Axon-sparing lesions of the medial nucleus of the amygdala decrease affiliative behaviors in the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) — behavioral and anatomical specificity. Behav Neurosci 108, 501-513. 

Reger R.L., Gerall A.A., et al. (1987). LHRH neuronal system in the accessory olfactory bulb of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Neurosci Abs 13, 993. 

Kriegsfeld, L. J., Hotchkiss, A. K., Demas, G. E., Silverman, A. J., Silver, R. and Nelson, R. J. Brain mast cells are influenced by chemosensory cues associated with estrus induction in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Horm. Behav. 44 377-384, 2003. 

Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, Illinois, whole body... 

Mahady, S.J. and Wolff, J.O. (2002) A field test of the Bruce effect in the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 52,31-37. 

Curtis, J. T., Liu, Y. and Wang, Z. (2001) Lesions of the vomeronasal organ disrupt mating-induced pair bonding in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Brain Res. 18, 167-174. 

Newman, K.S. and Halpin, Z.T. (1988) Individual odours and mate recognition in the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Anim. Behav. 36, 1779-1787. 

Shapiro, L.E., Austin, D., Ward, S.E. and Dewsbury, D.A. (1986) Familiarity and female mate choic ein two species of voles (Microtus ochrogaster and Microtus montanus). Anim. Behav. 34, 90-97. 

Ferkin, M.H., Leonard, S.T., Heath, L.A., and Paz-y-Mino C., G. (2001) Self-grooming as atactic used by prairie voles Microtus ochrogaster to enhance sexual communication. Ethology 107, 939-949. 

Bixler, A. and Tang-Martinez, Z. (2006) Reproductive performance as a function of inbreeding in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). J. Mammal. 87, 944-949. 

Bamshad, M., Novak, M. A., and De Vries, G. J. 1993. Species and sex differences in vasopressin innervation of sexually naive and parental prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster and meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvani-cus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 5 247-255. 

Neonatal female mice are retarded in their growth if urine from virgin adult female mice is applied to their nostrils, while urine from pseudopregnant females accelerates growth (Cowley and Wise, 1972). Both sexes of prairie voles [Microtus ochrogaster) arrest their growth when held together as littermates or exposed to air from littermates (Fig. 8.1 Batzli etal, 1977). 

Gavish, L., Hofmann, J. E., and Getz, L. L. (1984). Sibling recognition in the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Animal Behaviour 32,362-366. 

Kenney, A. M., Evans, R. L., and Dewsbuiy, D. A. (1977). Postimplantation pregnancy disruption in Microtus ochrogaster, M. pennsylvanicus and Peromyscus maniculatus. Journal of Reproduction andPertility 49,365-367. 

Plant phenolics as chemical defenses effects of natural phenolics on survival and growth of prairie voles [Microtus ochrogaster). Journal of Chemical Ecology 10,229-244. 

Stehn, R. A. and Richmond, M. E. (1975). Male-induced pregnancy termination in the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Science 187,1211-1213. 

Prarie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster Rodentia) / tannic acid (5)... 

Gray GD, Zerylnick M, Davis HN, Dewsbury DA. Effects of variations in the male copulatory behavior on ovulation and implantation in prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. Horm. Behav. 1974 5 389-396. 

Fellows RJ et al., Bioavailability of hexahydro-l,3,5-trinitro-l,3,5-triazine (RDX) to the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 25, 1881, 2006. 

In this study, I used meadow voles and prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. Adult male meadow voles were selected as subjects and scent donors and prairie voles were selected only as donors. Meadow and prairie voles were housed from birth under long-photoperiod conditions (14 1 Oh L D, lights on at 0700h CST). This photoperiod is characteristic of a daylength prevalent during their breeding season. 

Kohli, K. L. Ferkin, M. H. in press. Over-marking and adjacent-marking are influenced by sibship in male prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. Ethology. 

Carter, C. S., Getz, L. L., Gavish, L., McDermott, J. L. Arnold, P. 1980. Male-related pheromones and the activation of female reproduction in the prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster). Biol. Reprod., 23, 1038—1045. 

Ferkin, M. H., Ferkin, F. H. Richmond, M. 1994. Sources of scent used by prairie o qs, Microtus ochrogaster, to convey sexual identity to conspecifics. Can. J. Zool, 72, 2205—2209. 

Solomon, N. G. 1993. Body size and social preferences of male and female prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. Anim. Behav., 45, 1031—1033. 

Smale, L., Nelson, R.J. Zucker, I. 1988. Daylength influences pelage and plasma prolactin concentrations but not reproduction in the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. J. Reprod. Fert. 83, 99—106. 

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