Sexual Behavior in Peripherally Anosmic Male Hamsters I
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POWERS J. B. AND S. S. WlNANS. Sexual behavior in peripherally anosmic male hamsters. PHYSIOL. BEHAV 10(2) 361 368, 1973.-Sexually experienced and inexperienced male hamsters mated normally after they had been rendered temporarily anosmic by intranasal zinc sulfate treatment (Experiment 1), in contrast to the complete absence of sexual behavior following removal of the olfactory bulbs. The efficacy of our zinc sulfate technique was demonstrated by use ot an olfactory discrimination training procedure. Hamsters lost the ability to smell both amyl acetate (Experiment 2) and the female hamster post-estrus vaginal discharge (Experiment 3) following zinc sulfate induced anosmia but at the same time retained normal sexual behavior.
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