Social determinants of the onset of puberty in rodents∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10219468 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G Vandenbergh (Dorothea Dix Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 181-193 |
| Publication date | 1974-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224497409550849 |
| PMID | 4619830 |
| OpenAlex | W2051025274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The age at which female mice attain puberty depends to a large extent on their prior experience with male stimuli. Females exposed to male odors mature more rapidly than those denied access to the smell of a male. Such an odor can be termed a priming pheromone because it sets in motion a chain of physiological events which, in this case, culminate in puberty. The demonstration that a social factor such as a pheromone can influence the rate of sexual development in the mouse may have implications for man. It seems likely that a complex of stimuli, certainly not odors alone, may have contributed to the accelerated rate of human sexual maturation which has occurred during the past century.
Biology · Developmental psychology · Odor · Pheromone · Priming (agriculture) · Sex pheromone · Sexual behavior · Sexual maturity · Zoology · Ecology · Endocrinology · Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones · Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Neuroscience · Physiology · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 1978 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |