Current opinion in neurobiologyAnimalsSex CharacteristicsMiceMaleBrain
Sexually dimorphic processing of pheromonal information in mice.
Takumi Itakura, Ken Murata, Kazushige Touhara
Published: 202510.1016/j.conb.2025.103134
Abstract
Animals exhibit appropriate social behaviors and physiological responses based on the opponent's sex. Mammals secrete sex-specific chemical cues, some of which act as pheromones and play crucial roles. Sex-specific pheromones are received by a largel…
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