Sentences with phrase «mice during estrus»

When the researchers disrupted the activity of these neurons, female mice lost interest in male mice during estrus and spent about the same amount of time with them as with a plastic Lego block.

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By contrast, these females retained a normal level of social interest in other females during estrus, and in male mice when not in estrus.

Intriguingly, the efficiency of viral transmission declined during estrus in mice, providing evidence that the hormonal environment in the female reproductive tract can impact on host susceptibility to HIV infection.