The vomeronasal organ of the male ferret
The vomeronasal organ of the male ferret
复制标题
DOI：
10.1093/chemse/24.2.127
复制
发表时间：
1999-04-01
期刊：
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Farbman, AI
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Weiler, E;Apfelbach, R;Farbman, AI
众所周知，犁鼻器（VNO）在许多哺乳动物的性行为中发挥着重要作用。这项研究是第一份关于成年雄性雪貂具有 VNO 的报告，它的体积要小得多，而且在形态上与几种哺乳动物（尤其是啮齿类动物）通常呈新月形的上皮不同。春季交配季节和秋季性静止季节之间，雪貂 VNO 的大小或结构没有差异，尽管春季血浆睾酮、睾丸大小和大脑大小显着增加，行为也发生显着变化。组织学数据表明，VNO 在雪貂交配行为中的重要性可能不如啮齿动物那么重要。
The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is known to play a major role in sexual behavior in many mammals. This study is the first report that the adult male ferret has a VNO, which is considerably smaller and morphologically different from the usually crescent-shaped epithelium in several mammalian species, particularly rodents. There were no differences in the size or structure of the ferret VNO between the mating season in spring and the sexually quiescent season in autumn, although plasma testosterone, testis size and brain size are dramatically increased in spring and behavior changes significantly. The histological data suggest that the VNO might be not as important a structure in mate ferret sexual behavior as in rodents.