Prairie vole

A few studies have directly implicated urinary signals in the neurocrine effects which influence population growth and mediate the effects of crowded (high-density) populations (Chaps. 3 and 5). Prairie voles... 

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. 

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. 

Mateo J.M., Holmes W.G., Bell A.M. and TVimer M. (1994). Sexual maturation in male prairie voles — effects of the social environment. Physiol Behav 56, 299-304. 

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. 

Wekesa K. and Lepri J.J. (1994). Removal of the vomeronasal organ reduces reproductive performance and aggression in male Prairie voles. Chem Senses 19, 35-45. 

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... 

Prairie vole, Micropterus ochrogaster 5-15 90 days Some 4... 

Shannon, V.C. 1976. The Effects of Mirex on the Reproductive Performance and Behavioral Development of the Prairie vole Micropterus ochrogaster. Ph.D. thesis, Iowa State Univ., Ames. 318 pp. 

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. 

Smale, L., Pedersen, J.M., Block, M.L. and Zucker, I. (1990) Investigation of conspecific male odours by female prairie voles. Anim. Behav. 39, 768-774. 

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. 

Paz-y-Mino C. G, Leonard, S.T., Ferkin, M.H., and Trimble, J.F. (2002) Self-grooming and sibling recognition in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and prairie voles (M. ochrogaster). Anim. Behav. 63, 331-338. 

Witt, D. M. Carter, C. S., Chayer, R., and Adams, K. (1990) Patterns of behavior during postpartum estrous in prairie voles. Anim. Behav. 39, 528-534. 

Wolff, J. O., Watson, M.H., and Thomas, S.A. (2002) Is self-grooming by male prairie voles a predictor of mate choice Ethology 108, 169-179. 

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. 

Carter, C. S. 1995. Physiological substrates of monogamy The prairie vole model. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 19 303-314. 

The VNO is extremely important in mediating endocrine responses to primer pheromones. Puberty acceleration in female rats by male urine odors can be prevented by electrolytic damage to the vomeronasal nerve. Also, effects of male urine odor such as shortening of the estrus cycle (see Ch. 8) can be eliminated by section of the vomeronasal nerve, or bilateral electrocoagulation of the accessory olfactory bulb (Sanchez-Criado, 1982). In rats, the odor of males stimulates ovulation in females, an effect that is lost if the VNO is extirpated (Johns etal., 1978). Female prairie voles, M. ochrogaster, respond to odors from males with reproductive activation. Surgical removal of the VNO from adult females impedes this reproductive activation by the stud male. The weights of the uterus and the ovaries of these females were lower than those of normal or sham-operated individuals. However, the females without a VNO were still able to locate food by chemical cues (Lepri and Wysocki, 1987). 

Prairie vole Microtus M Reproduction Siring offspring Wekesa and Lepri, 1992... 

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