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Title:		"Bile, prolactin, and the maternal pheromone"
Author(s):		Moltz H; Leidahl LC;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1977
Volume:		196
Issue:		4285
Page Number:		81 - 83
DOI:		10.1126/science.190682
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"When bile from females that had been lactating for 21 days was injected into the cecum of male rats it induced release of a maternal pheromone. Males injected with bile drawn from females in which prolactin had been inhibited, or from females that had been lactating for only 5 days, did not emit the pheromone. These data suggest a sex difference in the way prolactin alters the composition of bile so that the female can emit the maternal pheromone while the male normally cannot"
Keywords:		"Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Bile/*physiology Cecum/*metabolism Ergolines/pharmacology Female Humans *Lactation Liver/metabolism Male *Maternal Behavior Pheromones/*biosynthesis Pregnancy Prolactin/antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology Rats Recept;"
Notes:		"MedlineMoltz, H Leidahl, L C eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1977/04/01 Science. 1977 Apr 1; 196(4285):81-3. doi: 10.1126/science.190682"