Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis

The principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNSTp) is an integral component of the mouse accessory olfactory system, and plays a key role in pheromonal processing. In males, this region is not only larger and contains more neurons than in females, but the cells are also larger...

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Main Author: Charchuk, Derek
Other Authors: Holmes, Melissa M.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/30535
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spelling ndltd-TORONTO-oai-tspace.library.utoronto.ca-1807-305352013-12-19T04:01:56ZRelationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria TerminalisCharchuk, Derekprincipal nucleus of bed nucleus of stria terminalisolfactory preferences0349The principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNSTp) is an integral component of the mouse accessory olfactory system, and plays a key role in pheromonal processing. In males, this region is not only larger and contains more neurons than in females, but the cells are also larger. The present study examined the relationship between preference for opposite-sex odour and regional volume, cell number and cell size within the BNSTp of both male and female mice. No correlations were found between olfactory preferences and any of the three morphological BNSTp parameters. However, the olfactory preference task results were not congruent with previous research. Therefore, it remains inconclusive whether relationships exist between olfactory preference behaviour and morphology of the BNSTp.Holmes, Melissa M.2011-112011-12-05T21:36:05ZNO_RESTRICTION2011-12-05T21:36:05Z2011-12-05Thesishttp://hdl.handle.net/1807/30535en_ca
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topic principal nucleus of bed nucleus of stria terminalis
olfactory preferences
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olfactory preferences
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Charchuk, Derek
Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
description The principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNSTp) is an integral component of the mouse accessory olfactory system, and plays a key role in pheromonal processing. In males, this region is not only larger and contains more neurons than in females, but the cells are also larger. The present study examined the relationship between preference for opposite-sex odour and regional volume, cell number and cell size within the BNSTp of both male and female mice. No correlations were found between olfactory preferences and any of the three morphological BNSTp parameters. However, the olfactory preference task results were not congruent with previous research. Therefore, it remains inconclusive whether relationships exist between olfactory preference behaviour and morphology of the BNSTp.
author2 Holmes, Melissa M.
author_facet Holmes, Melissa M.
Charchuk, Derek
author Charchuk, Derek
author_sort Charchuk, Derek
title Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
title_short Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
title_full Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
title_fullStr Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between Preference for Opposite-sex Odour and Morphology of the Principal Nucleus of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
title_sort relationship between preference for opposite-sex odour and morphology of the principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
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