Scent-marking and sexual activity may reflect social hierarchy among group-living male Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).

Abstract:

:Social hierarchy plays an important role in the lives of gregarious species. We investigated how social hierarchy between male Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) housed together before sexual maturity affected their scent-marking behavior, endocrine status and physical traits as adults. The social rank between paired males was assessed based on sexual activity in adulthood at 18 and 20 weeks of age. In most cases, the male that showed higher sexual activity at 18 weeks also exhibited greater sexual performance at 20 weeks, suggesting a precedence relationship between paired males regarding reproductive opportunity. Sexually active males scent-marked more often than their cage mate, particularly after a sexual experience. No significant differences in physical traits (e.g., the weight of the ventral gland, testes and adrenal glands) or endocrine status (e.g., fecal testosterone and corticosterone levels) were found between the two males. These findings suggest that social rank between familiar males formed during cohabitation, and rank was closely correlated with scent-marking activity, but not with endocrine status.

journal_name

Physiol Behav

journal_title

Physiology & behavior

authors

Shimozuru M,Kikusui T,Takeuchi Y,Mori Y

doi

10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-12-30 00:00:00

pages

644-9

issue

5

eissn

0031-9384

issn

1873-507X

pii

S0031-9384(06)00337-4

journal_volume

89

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Short latency induction of lordosis by ether in estrogen-primed female rats.

    abstract::Brief ether exposure induced high quality sexual receptivity in ovariectomized, estrogen-treated rats, presumably by increasing the secretion of adrenal progestins. Adrenalectomy completely blocked the effects of ether on this behavior. The onset of receptivity occurred 30--60 min following ether exposure; latencies m...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(77)90333-x

    authors: Franck JA

    更新日期:1977-08-01 00:00:00

  • Placental and fetal growth restriction, size at birth and neonatal growth alter cognitive function and behaviour in sheep in an age- and sex-specific manner.

    abstract::Intrauterine growth restriction and slow neonatal growth in humans are each associated with poorer learning, memory and cognitive flexibility in childhood and adulthood. The relative contributions of pre- and post-natal growth to cognitive outcomes are unclear, however. We therefore compared performance in learning, m...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.08.042

    authors: Hunter DS,Hazel SJ,Kind KL,Liu H,Marini D,Giles LC,De Blasio MJ,Owens JA,Pitcher JB,Gatford KL

    更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00

  • Changes in estrogen and progestin receptor binding resulting from retrochiasmatic knife cuts.

    abstract::Retrochiasmatic frontolateral knife cuts (FLC) or sham operations (Sham) were performed with a Halasz-type knife. All animals were primed with estrogen plus 0.5 mg progesterone (P) and tested for lordosis both before and after surgery. Two weeks after the last test they received estradiol (E2) in Silastic capsules and...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(82)90008-7

    authors: McGinnis MY,Phelps CP,Nance DM,McEwen BS

    更新日期:1982-08-01 00:00:00

  • Eating in the absence of hunger: Stability over time and associations with eating behaviours and body composition in children.

    abstract:BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) has been linked to obesity in adults and children. This study examined the stability of EAH in children between 4.5 and 6 years old, and associations with energy intake and portion selection, as well as cross-sectional and prospective associations with body co...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.03.033

    authors: Fogel A,Mccrickerd K,Fries LR,Goh AT,Quah PL,Chan MJ,Toh JY,Chong YS,Tan KH,Yap F,Shek LP,Meaney MJ,Broekman BFP,Lee YS,Godfrey KM,Chong MFF,Forde CG

    更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00

  • Relationship between hyponeophagia and adrenal cortex function in farmed foxes.

    abstract::The adrenal cortex function of farmed blue (Alopex lagopus) and silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) differing in their reaction in the feeding test were assessed. The urine cortisol:creatinine ratio was lower for those animals eating in the feeding test in comparison to those not eating in both species. In addition, eater si...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(98)00232-7

    authors: Rekilä T,Harri M,Jalkanen L,Mononen J

    更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00

  • Lesion of descending 5-HT pathways increases zimeldine-induced waking in rats.

    abstract::Sleep, waking, and EEG power spectra were investigated in rats with spinal 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT) lesions, following 20 mg/kg zimeldine or vehicle IP injections. 5,6-DHT selectively lesioned the descending serotonergic pathways. Lesion alone did not change sleep and waking stages compared to baseline, excep...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(94)00370-k

    authors: Bjørkum AA,Neckelmann D,Bjorvatn B,Ursin R

    更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00

  • Mating behavior and brain biogenic amine concentrations in chickens treated with parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA).

    abstract::Four experiments were conducted to determine the effect of parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA) on the male mating behavior of a line of chickens genetically selected for low mating frequency and to determine the effect on brain concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine, dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE). Mating behavior wa...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(84)90315-9

    authors: Balander RJ,Bursian SJ,Van Krey HP,Siegel PB

    更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00

  • Transmission of food preference in the rabbit: the means of information transfer.

    abstract::Rabbit pups raised by mothers fed different diets during pregnancy and lactation show a clear preference for the diet of their mother at weaning. By supplementing does' lab chow diet with aromatic juniper berries, the present study aimed to investigate the relative importance of 1) fecal pellets deposited by the mothe...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(94)90322-0

    authors: Bilkó A,Altbäcker V,Hudson R

    更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00

  • Human saliva and taste responses to acids varying in anions, titratable acidity, and pH.

    abstract::Twenty subjects recorded perceived sourness of solutions of citric + fumaric and of citric + tartaric acids, at pH 3.5 and titratable acidity (TiA) of 4.0 g/l on a moving chart, while parotid saliva flow was recorded via a sialometer . Sourness intensity and flow were greater when citric was the minor acid than when i...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(84)90136-7

    authors: Norris MB,Noble AC,Pangborn RM

    更新日期:1984-02-01 00:00:00

  • Diverse tastes: Genetics of sweet and bitter perception.

    abstract::Humans will eat almost anything, from caribou livers to rutabagas, but there are some types of foods, and their associated taste qualities, that are preferred by large groups of people regardless of culture or experience. When many choices are available, humans chose foods that taste good, that is, create pleasing sen...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.033

    authors: Reed DR,Tanaka T,McDaniel AH

    更新日期:2006-06-30 00:00:00

  • Responsiveness of dog thalamic neurons to taste stimulation of various tongue regions.

    abstract::Receptive fields of single thalamic taste neurons in dogs were studied by examining responses to stimuli representing the four basic taste qualities applied to five different regions on the tongue surface. Twenty single thalamic units responded to taste stimulation of the tongue ipsilateral to the recording site were ...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(82)90249-9

    authors: Ninomiya Y,Funakoshi M

    更新日期:1982-10-01 00:00:00

  • A bitter taste in the mouth: The role of 6-n-propylthiouracil taster status and sex in food disgust sensitivity.

    abstract::We investigated the relationship between perceived bitterness, food disgust sensitivity, and sex. Participants completed the 8-item Food Disgust Scale and a 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taster test and were categorised as PROP non-tasters, medium-tasters, or supertasters. An analysis of variance of between-subject fact...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.02.036

    authors: Ammann J,Hartmann C,Siegrist M

    更新日期:2019-05-15 00:00:00

  • Caffeine dependence in rats: effects of exposure duration and concentration.

    abstract::Groups of rats were chronically exposed to a 1.0-g/L caffeine solution for 5, 10, 15 or 20 days. Upon removal of caffeine, rats were given brief exposure to a novel flavour CS (withdrawal CS) followed by 12 days of plain water and then brief exposure to a second flavour CS (neutral CS). Only rats exposed to 20 days of...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.06.007

    authors: Dingle RN,Dreumont-Boudreau SE,Lolordo VM

    更新日期:2008-09-03 00:00:00

  • The effect of fasting, prolonged swimming, and predator presence on energy utilization and stress in juvenile walleye (Stizostedion vitreum).

    abstract::We evaluated how two diets with different lipid levels (4% vs. 10%) influenced nutrient expenditure in juvenile walleye Stizostedion vitreum subjected to starvation, prolonged swimming, and predator presence. We also determined how exercise and predator presence influenced stress indicators such as blood plasma cortis...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(03)00124-0

    authors: Czesny S,Rinchard J,Garcia Abiado MA,Dabrowski K

    更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00

  • Mechanisms of the anorexia of aging in the Brown Norway rat.

    abstract::Aging is associated with a loss of the ability to maintain homeostasis in response to physiologic and environmental disturbances. Age-related dysregulation of food intake and energy balance appears to be the result of impaired responsiveness of hypothalamic integrative circuitry to metabolic cues, which can lead to la...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.032

    authors: Wolden-Hanson T

    更新日期:2006-06-30 00:00:00

  • Effects of septal lesions on shock thresholds in weanling male and female rats.

    abstract::Twenty-four-day old weanling male and female rats were either lesioned in the septal area, gonadectomized, lesioned and gonadectomized, or untreated. Tests for reactivity to electric shock were conducted at 26 and at 40 days of age. Neither males nor females showed any effect of the lesions are measured by flinch and ...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(77)90046-4

    authors: Stewart J,Atkinson S,Cygan D

    更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00

  • Insulin and the CNS: effects on food intake, memory, and endocrine parameters and the role of intranasal insulin administration in humans.

    abstract::Insulin is mainly known for its peripheral effects on the metabolism of glucose, fats, and proteins. However, insulin also exerts important actions within the brain, and functions as a neuropeptide. The brain can thus be regarded as both an insulin-sensitive and a glucose-sensitive organ. Its neuroanatomical basis is ...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.07.022

    authors: Stockhorst U,de Fries D,Steingrueber HJ,Scherbaum WA

    更新日期:2004-10-30 00:00:00

  • Lateral asymmetries during escape behavior in a species of teleost fish (Jenynsia lineata).

    abstract::Lateral asymmetries in the direction of turning during escape behavior in a species of teleost fish, Jenynsia lineata, are reported. When faced with the visual image of a simulated predator, approximately half of the individuals exhibited a significant bias to turn rightwards or leftwards, and the asymmetry tended to ...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(96)00308-3

    authors: Bisazza A,Cantalupo C,Vallortigara G

    更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00

  • Oral processing assessed by M-mode ultrasound imaging varies with food attribute.

    abstract::Ultrasonic imaging was used to quantify oral movements made during the oral processing of foods while subjects assessed the intensity of the sensory attributes, thick, creamy, sweet and bitter. A series of four stimuli were prepared with high and low viscosities and high and low sweetness. Over five sessions, subjects...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.021

    authors: de Wijk RA,Wulfert F,Prinz JF

    更新日期:2006-08-30 00:00:00

  • Refeeding after prolonged fasting in rats: nycthemeral variations in dietary self-selection.

    abstract::The influence of metabolic status on food selection during refeeding after fasting was investigated in rats fasted for a long period of time and subsequently given the choice of eating fat, protein, and carbohydrate individually. Rats were fasted until either metabolic phase 2 (essentially using lipids) or metabolic p...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(95)02231-7

    authors: Larue-Achagiotis C,Thouzeau C

    更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00

  • Seasonality in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): social facilitation by females.

    abstract::The extent to which social living arrangements influenced seasonal changes in physiology and behavior was examined in adult squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Data were collected over 20 months (encompassing two breeding seasons) from animals that were housed in three mixed-sex social configurations that varied in t...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(96)00134-5

    authors: Schiml PA,Mendoza SP,Saltzman W,Lyons DM,Mason WA

    更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00

  • Analysis of walking locomotion in adult female rats undernourished as sucklings.

    abstract::Suckling rats were undernourished from birth by underfeeding their mothers. They were refed from 3 weeks of age. Detailed analyses were made of the walking locomotion of previously undernourished and well-fed control female rats at 10 weeks, using electronic, computer, and TV techniques. Previously undernourished rats...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(92)90421-w

    authors: Clarke KA,Parker AJ,Smart JL

    更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00

  • The longitudinal association between inflammation and incident depressive symptoms in men: the effects of hs-CRP are independent of abdominal obesity and metabolic disturbances.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:This cohort study evaluates whether the association between low-grade inflammation and incident depressive symptoms is independent of abdominal obesity and metabolic disturbances. METHODS:A cohort of 1167 non-depressed men aged 35 to 80 years were followed up over 5 years to assess incident depressive sympt...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.058

    authors: Tully PJ,Baumeister H,Bengel J,Jenkins A,Januszewski A,Martin S,Wittert GA

    更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00

  • Benextramine, a putative neuropeptide Y receptor antagonist, attenuates the termination of receptivity.

    abstract::Sexual behavior in female rats is dependent on gonadal steroids. In ovariectomized rats, progesterone treatment typically exerts a biphasic effect on copulatory behavior induced by prior treatment with estradiol. Thus, there is an initial augmentation of the facilitative effect of estradiol occurring 4-10 h after prog...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(92)90378-f

    authors: Clark JT

    更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00

  • The type of implicit motive enactment is modulated by sex hormones in naturally cycling women.

    abstract::Sex hormones have been reported to dynamically modulate the expression of implicit motives, a concept that has previously been thought to be relatively stable over time. This study investigates to what extent the need for affiliation, power, and achievement, as well as the form of enactment of these needs as measured ...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.016

    authors: Ball A,Wolf CC,Ocklenburg S,Brüne M,Wolf OT,Güntürkün O,Pinnow M

    更新日期:2014-01-17 00:00:00

  • Esculetin attenuates lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammatory processes and depressive-like behavior in mice.

    abstract::Esculetin is one of the major bioactive compounds of Cichorium intybus L. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects and possible underlying mechanism of esculetin (Esc) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammatory processes and depressive-like behavior in mice. Mice were pretreatmen...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.04.051

    authors: Zhu L,Nang C,Luo F,Pan H,Zhang K,Liu J,Zhou R,Gao J,Chang X,He H,Qiu Y,Wang J,Long H,Liu Y,Yan T

    更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic deletions of NCAM and PSA impair circadian function in the mouse.

    abstract::The adult suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) express neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) that carries polysialic acid (PSA), a carbohydrate polymer which controls plastic cell-cell interactions in neural tissues. Expression of the three major isoforms of NCAM [180 (principal PSA carrier), 140, and 120 kDa) varies with deve...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(01)00468-1

    authors: Shen H,Watanabe M,Tomasiewicz H,Glass JD

    更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00

  • Review of the effects of dilution of dietary energy with olestra on energy intake.

    abstract::The non-absorbable substitute for dietary triacylglycerol, olestra, has been marketed in the United States for fifteen years. Olestra is comprised of sucrose with six to eight of its hydroxyl groups forming ester links with long-chain fatty acids. Because olestra is not hydrolyzed by fat-splitting enzymes in the small...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.12.018

    authors: Jandacek RJ

    更新日期:2012-03-20 00:00:00

  • Effects of morphine dependence on the performance of rats in reference and working versions of the water maze.

    abstract::Numerous studies have dealt with the role of opiate system in tasks aimed at measurement of cognitive behavior, but the role of morphine dependence on learning and memory is still controversial. In this study chronic exposure to morphine was employed to evaluate learning ability and spatial short-term memory (working ...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.11.002

    authors: Miladi Gorji H,Rashidy-Pour A,Fathollahi Y

    更新日期:2008-02-27 00:00:00

  • Taste cells in the gut and on the tongue. Their common, paraneuronal features.

    abstract::Chemoreception of foodstuff in the gut is performed by endocrine cells dispersed in the gut epithelium. They are bipolar cells extending an apical process to the gut lumen and releasing their messenger substances from the cell base in response to the apical stimuli. The cells share cell-biological features with neuron...

    journal_title:Physiology & behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/0031-9384(91)90198-w

    authors: Fujita T

    更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00