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Title:		Male vole urine changes luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and norepinephrine in female olfactory bulb
Author(s):		Dluzen DE; Ramirez VD; Carter CS; Getz LL;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1981
Volume:		212
Issue:		4494
Page Number:		573 - 575
DOI:		10.1126/science.7010608
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		Female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) exposed to a single drop of male urine on the upper lip showed changes in concentrations of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and norepinephrine in olfactory bulb tissue; no such changes occurred in dopamine concentration. The changes were measured in the posterior but not the anterior olfactory bulb tissue of females within 1 hour after they were exposed to urine. These females also showed rapid increases in serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone. Females exposed to water on the upper lip showed none of these changes. These results suggest that in this species LHRH and norepinephrine in the olfactory bulb may mediate luteinizing hormone release in response to external (pheromonal) chemical cues
Keywords:		"Animals Arvicolinae/*physiology Estrus Female Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/*metabolism Humans Luteinizing Hormone/blood Male Norepinephrine/*metabolism Olfactory Bulb/*metabolism Pheromones/*urine Pregnancy Reproduction Rodentia/*physiology Stress, Psyc;"
Notes:		"MedlineDluzen, D E Ramirez, V D Carter, C S Getz, L L eng HDO9328/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1981/05/01 Science. 1981 May 1; 212(4494):573-5. doi: 10.1126/science.7010608"