Gerbil, Mongolian

Probst B. (1990). Female urinary chemosignals stimulate scent marking behaviour in male Mongolian Gerbils. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5 (MacDonald D., Muller-Schwarze D. and Natynczuk S.E., eds.). University Press, Oxford, pp. 213-216. 

Smith B.A. and Block M.L. (1991). Male saliva cues and female social choice in Mongolian gerbils. Physiol Behav 50, 379-384. 

Thiesen D., Regnier F., Rice M., Goodwin M., et al. (1974). Identification of a ventral scent marking pheromone in the male Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Science 184, 83-85. 

J. Pollack, J. M. Campbell, S. M. Potter, and J. W. Erdman, Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) absorb beta-carotene intact from a test meal, J. Nutr. 124 (1994) 869-873. 

Matsumoto M., Kimura K., Fujisawa A. el al. (1981). Diurnal variations in monoamine contents in discrete brain regions of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). J. Neurochem. 37, 792-4. 

Halpin, Z.T. (1974) Individual differences in the biological odors of the Mongolian gerbil (.Meriones unguiculatus). Behav. Biol. 11, 253-259. 

Gregg, B. and Thiessen, D.D. (1981) A simple method of olfactory discrimination of urines for the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Physiol. Behav. 26, 1133-1136. 

Harriman, A. E and Thiessen, D. D. (1985) Harderian letdown in male Mongolian gerbils (Meri-ones unguiculatus) contributes to proceptive behavior. Horm. Behav. 19, 213-219. 

Cai Z, Mehendale HM. 1990. Lethal effects of carbon tetrachloride and its metabolism by Mongolian gerbils pretreated with chlordecone, phenobarbital, or mirex. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 104(3) 511-520. 

Crouch LS, Ebel RE. 1987a. Benzo[a]pyrene metabolism in the Mongolian gerbil Influence of chlordecone and mirex induction. Xenobiotica 17(7) 859-67. 

Ebel RE, Barlow RL, McGrath EA. 1987. Chloroform hepatotoxicity in the Mongolian gerbil Fundam Appl Toxicol 8(2) 207-216. 

Ebel RE, McGrath EA. 1984. Carbon tetrachloride-hepatotoxicity in the Mongolian gerbil Influence of monooxygenase system induction. Toxicol Lett 22(2) 205-210. 

Houston TE, Mutter LC, Blanke RV, et al. 1981. Chlordecone alcohol formation in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones Unguiculatus) A model for human metabolism of chlordecone (Kepone). Fundam Appl Toxicol 1(3) 293-298. 

Mutter LC, Blanke RV, Jandacek RJ, et al. 1988. Reduction in the body content of DDE in the Mongolian gerbil treated with sucrose polyester and caloric restriction. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 92(3) 428-435. 

Shibata, H., limuro, M., Uchiya, N., Kawamori, T., Nagaoka, M., Ueyama, S., Hashimoto, S., Yokokura, T., Sugimura, T., and Wakabayashi, K. (2003). Preventive effects of Cladosiphon fucoidan against Helicobacter pylori infection in Mongolian gerbils. Helicobacter 8,59-65. 

A standardized ginger extract (22% gingerols) was tested in H. pylori-infected Mongolian gerbil, to examine the effects of the extract on both... 

Hirayama F, Takagi S, Yokoyama Y, Iwao E, Ikeda Y (1996) Establishment of gastric Helicobacter pylori infection in Mongolian gerbils. J Gastroenterol 31 24-28. 

Matsubara S, Shibata H, Ishikawa F, Yokokura T, Takahashi M, Sugimura T, Wakabayashi K. (2003) Suppression of Helicobacter py/ori-induced gastritis by green tea extract in Mongolian gerbils. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 310 715-719. 

Holocrine (sebaceous) Ventral gland Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus... 

The Harderian gland, wrapped behind the eyeball, is especially prominent in rodents. It produces a variable, primarily lipid secretion and drains through the Harderian-lacrymal tract and the external nares. In Mongolian gerbils, the secretion is spread over the body during grooming (Thiessen ct ah, 1976). A pheromonal function has not been clearly established. 

Mongolian gerbil Ventral gland Type of laboratory chow Phenylacetic acid pups prefer odor of gerbils on same diet as their mother... 

Special modified hair in the region of a scent gland can enhance its function. Such scent hairs have been termed osmetrichia (Miiller-Schwarze et ah, 1977 Fig. 3.12). They may be stiff bristles with surface chambers formed by their cuticular scales, as in the tarsal tuft of black-tailed deer (Fig. 3.12a), spoon or spatula like, as in the ventral gland of the Mongolian gerbil Meriories unguiculatus Fig. 3.12d), or a wick formed by a hollow medulla and vacuolated cortical... 

In Mongolian gerbils (M. unguicuhtus a biparental species), males avoid their newborn sons until they are 3 days old. The pups surge of testosterone around birth is seen as the proximate cause for this behavior. The males appear to respond to an odor from the neonates, because if rendered anosmic by zinc sulfate infusion they do not avoid neonatal pups. The male faces conflicting... 

Brown, R. E., Hauschild, M., Holman, S. D., and Hutchison, J. B. (1988). Mate recognition by urine odors in the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Behavioral and Neural Biology 49,174-183. 

Clark, M. M., Whiskin, E. E., and Galef, B. G. (2003). Mongolian gerbil fathers avoid newborn male pups, but not newborn female pups olfactory control of early paternal behavior. Animal Behaviour 66,441-447. 

Probst, B. and Lorenz, M. (1987). Increased scent marking in male Mongolian gerbils by urinaiy polypeptides of female conspecifics. Journal ofChemicalEcobgy 13,851-862. 

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