Not exact matches
I want to personally both thank you for that kindness and to apologise for myself mentioning him (
if a
mouse IS actually
male)
If the sex distinction was indeed hardwired, then the researchers should have seen the separate activation of the groups of neurons specific for recognizing
males versus females, even during the first encounters between these naïve
mice and other
male or female intruder
mice.
The researchers found that during its encounters with other
mice, one of two distinct sets of neurons in the VMH were activated — one set
if the other
mouse was a
male, and another
if it was a female.
If youdisable the gene for a single vomeronasal protein in
mice, a
male mouseloses his ability to distinguish other
males from females and will tryto mate with both.
But
if a
mouse isn't the same as a man, a
male mouse is even less like a woman, particularly when it comes to the things that define autism.
The researchers showed that
male mice, too, are attracted to a place
if they have encountered darcin there, probably to foster a behavior called countermarking.
After mating and living with a pregnant female, a
male mouse will switch behavior and begin taking care of the offspring — even
if they are not his.
Now, it turns out that
if a female
mouse likes a crooning
male, she sings back, the researchers reported in eLife.
If the
mouse drifted slightly toward «man» before eventually settling on «woman,» that's a sign there's an overlap between the category «Black» and the category «
Male.»
Bacopa suppresses sperm production in
male mice, so you may want to skip it
if you're trying to conceive.