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ReviewHormones and behavior2009

Sexual differentiation of pheromone processing: links to male-typical mating behavior and partner preference.

Michael J Baum

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Review in Hormones and behavior, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Brain Sexual Differentiation.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J BaumDepartment of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington St., Boston, MA 02215, USA. baum@bu.edu
Boston University · US

Funding

Contribution of Estradiol to Female Neural DevelopmentR01HD044897 · NICHD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI BAUM, MICHAEL JAY · 2003 to 2009
$1.5M
NICHD NIH HHS HD 044897NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD044897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phoenix et al. (Phoenix, C., Goy, R., Gerall, A., Young, W., 1959. Organizing actions of prenatally administered testosterone propionate on the tissues mediating mating behavior in the female guinea pig. Endocrinology 65, 369-382.) were the first to propose an essential role of fetal testosterone exposure in the sexual differentiation of the capacity of mammals to display male-typical mating behavior. In one experiment control male and female guinea pigs as well as females given fetal testosterone actually showed equivalent levels of mounting behavior when gonadectomized and given ovarian steroids prior to adult tests with a stimulus female. This finding is discussed in the context of a recent, high-profile paper by Kimchi et al. (Kimchi, T., Xu, J., Dulac, C., 2007. A functional circuit underlying male sexual behaviour in the female mouse brain. Nature 448, 1009-1014.) arguing that female rodents possess the circuits that control the expression of male-typical mating behavior and that their function is normally suppressed in this sex by pheromonal inputs that are processed via the vomeronasal organ (VNO)-accessory olfactory nervous system. In another Phoenix et al. experiment, significantly more mounting behavior was observed in male guinea pigs and in females given fetal testosterone than in control females following adult gonadectomy and treatment with testosterone. Literature is reviewed that attempts to link sex differences in the anatomy and function of the accessory versus the main olfactory projections to the amygdala and hypothalamus to parallel sex differences in courtship behaviors, including sex partner preference, as well as the capacity to display mounting behavior.

Indexed as

VirilismAndrogensAnimalsBrainFemaleGuinea PigsHumansMaleMiceOlfactory PathwaysSex DifferentiationSexual Behavior, AnimalVomeronasal OrganAndrogens

Identifiers

PMID19446074
PMCPMC2684524
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