Neurobiology of Social Behavior Circuits

This is a special NIH Director's Lecture in the WALS series. Speaker Catherine DuLac, Ph.D., Harvard University, employs genetic manipulation of pheromone signaling, which has led to a novel assessment of the respective roles of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) and the main olfactory epithelium (MOE) in pheromone-mediated behaviors. She discovered that, in contrast to previous thinking, VNO activity is not required for the initiation of male-female mating behavior in the mouse, and instead, ensures sex discrimination among conspecifics. In contrast, MOE signaling appears essential to trigger mating in the mouse.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/walsAir date: 6/2/2021 3:00:00 PM
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