Centrally and peripherally induced anosmia: Influences on maternal behavior in lactating female rats

Irwin Benuck; Frank A. Rowe

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(75)90009-8

Centrally and peripherally induced anosmia: Influences on maternal behavior in lactating female rats

Irwin Benuck^*, Frank A. Rowe

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Abstract

Bilateral removal of the olfactory bulbs was found to produce deficits in several components of the maternal behavior of lactating, primiparous female rats. More dead pups were found in the cages of bilaterally bulbectomized females shortly after parturition than in the cages of unilaterally bulbectomized, sham operated, or unoperated females. Futhermore, bilaterally bulbectomized females showed deficits in pup retrieval relative to females in the other surgical conditions, and pups reared by bilaterally bulbectomized females weighed less at weaning than pups reared by females in the other surgical conditions. In contrast to bilateral bulbecomy, zinc sulphate treatments had no influence on pup mortality at parturition. However, zinc sulphate treated females did exhibit deficits in pup retrieval relative to saline treated females.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	439-447
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physiology and Behavior
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(75)90009-8
State	Published - Jan 1 1975

Keywords

Anosmia
Maternal behavior
Olfactory bulbs
Zinc sulphate

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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