| Delayed deficits in behavior after transection of the olfactory tracts in hamsters. | |
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PMID: 7079349 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This study compared the effects of transection of the lateral olfactory tracts (LOT) and the accessory olfactory tracts (AOT) in male hamsters on nest building, food piling, and sexual behavior. Autoradiographic tracing of amino acids injected into the olfactory bulbs allowed accurate determination of the location and extent of the transections. Animals with complete bilateral transection of the projections to the amygdaloid targets of the accessory olfactory bulbs and to the main olfactory targets posterior to the olfactory tubercle showed no sexual behavior postoperatively; they did not exhibit extensive genital investigation and did not mount females. In contrast, most of the animals with partial sparing of accessory olfactory bulb efferents to the amygdala did exhibit investigatory and copulatory behaviors postoperatively, although half of the animals with this partial sparing developed delayed deficits in these sexual behaviors. Almost all animals without detectable main olfactory bulb efferents to posterior targets showed delayed deficits in nest building and food piling. This was true whether or not there was partial sparing of accessory olfactory bulb efferents to the amygdala. The animals with LOT transections typically built nests and piled food during the first postoperative week, but stopped building nests and piling food by the fourth postoperative week. Cold stress enhanced these two behaviors in control animals but did not obviate the deficits in experimental animals. Caudally placed transections, which spared a larger portion of the main olfactory projections than rostally placed transections, did not spare more behavior. In fact, the caudally placed transections produced shorter delays in the appearance of deficits in nest building and food piling. These results indicate that the accessory olfactory bulb efferents to the amygdala are more important for sexual behavior than for nest building and food piling in male hamsters. Nest building and food piling are not directly dependent on normal ongoing or sensory evoked activity in the main or accessory olfactory bulb efferents which project through the LOT and AOT. The deficits in nest building and food piling may represent a deterioration in the ability of the animals to organize their living space. The observed delays in the appearance of deficits in behavior may also reflect slow degenerative processes or humoral changes associated with loss of input from the main olfactory bulbs to posterior olfactory target areas, and possibly with interruptions of projections to targets of the accessory olfactory system. |
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Authors:
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D M Marques; R J O'Connell; N Benimoff; F Macrides |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
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Title: Physiology & behavior Volume: 28 ISSN: 0031-9384 ISO Abbreviation: Physiol. Behav. Publication Date: 1982 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1982-07-19 Completed Date: 1982-07-19 Revised Date: 2007-11-14 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0151504 Medline TA: Physiol Behav Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 353-65 Citation Subset: IM |
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Amygdala
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physiology* Animals Appetitive Behavior / physiology Behavior, Animal / physiology* Cricetinae Dominance, Cerebral / physiology Male Mesocricetus Nesting Behavior / physiology Olfactory Bulb / physiology* Olfactory Pathways / physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology Smell / physiology |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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NS12344/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS14453/NS/NINDS NIH HHS |
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