An empirical study of the structure of the patrol/marking motivational system in the rat

Lee, Sunhi; Mitchell, J. R. A.; Adams, David B.

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(84)90310-x

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“…With one exception (Brown, 1978), studies have obtained objectmarking results inconsistent with the hypothesis. Our results and those of Birke ajid Sadler's (1984) first experiment demonstrated no sex differences in object marking, whereas two other studies reported more object marking by females than males (Birke & Sadler, 1984, Experiment 2;Lee et al, 1984). Supporting evidence for the hypothesis derives only from studies in which males mark conspecifics more than do females (Taylor, Bartko, & Farr, 1987;Taylor, Haller, & Bartko, 1984).…”

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Environmental influences on flank marking and urine marking by female and male rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Peden

Timberlake²

1990

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Sprague-Dawley rats (Rattus norvegicus) were observed in a familiar environment. In Experiment 1 a leader entered a clean chamber, and an opposite-sex follower entered the chamber next. Both sexes began to flank mark after several sessions. Males flank marked more, and females locomoted more, but both sexes urine marked and investigated objects equally often. Leaders and followers did not differ on any measure. In Experiment 2 we measured floor marks more precisely and manipulated the number of objects and the presence of scent marks. Flank marking was more frequent in the presence of conspecific urine but did not vary with the number of objects or the sex of the rats. More objects elicited more investigating and urine marking and produced fewer floor marks but increased the number of marks in the central area in relation to the periphery. The results indicate that rats' flank marking is behaviorally distinct from urine marking and differentially affected by environmental variables.

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Section: Sexual Dimorphismsupporting

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“…In Birke and Sadler's second experiment, estrous females marked at least two times more frequently than males. In addition, Lee, Mitchell, and Adams (1984) observed more frequent urine marking by females than males.…”

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Environmental influences on flank marking and urine marking by female and male rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Peden

Timberlake²

1990

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…While I have argued that olfactory communication via urine marking in rats serves a sexual advertisement function (Brown, 1977(Brown, , 1986, other researchers have suggested that urine marking is a response to novelty (Hopp & Timberlake, 1983), a response to the familiarity of nonsexual social odors (Birke & Sadler, 1984), or a mechanism for advertising the reproductive state of the individual (Lee, Mitchell, & Adams, 1984). Socially experienced male rats mark more than do isolates (Experiment 2 of the present study), dominant males mark more than do subordinates (Adams, 1976), sexually aroused males mark more than do nonaroused males (Brown, 1986), and estrous females mark more than do diestrous females (Birke, 1978); these differences may reflect different levels of self advertisement.…”

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Effects of rearing condition, gender, and sexual experience on odor preferences and urine marking in Long-Evans rats

Brown

1991

Animal Learning & Behavior

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Two experiments investigated the effects of isolation rearing on olfactory communication in rats. In Experiment 1, there were significant rearing and gender effects on the time spent investigating conspecific odors, the preferences for these odors, and the amount of urine marking over these odors by sexually naive male and female rats. Experiment 2 found significant effects of rearing condition and sexual experience on the responses of male rats to conspecific odors. In general, isolation rearing increased the time spent investigating conspecific odors, but reduced the amount ofurine marking over these odors and altered the odor preference scales. These results suggest that the responses of both male and female rats to the odors of conspecifics are modified by rearing experience. The importance of learning conspecific odor signals for the development of normal social behavior is discussed.

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Female sex steroid hormones: from receptors to networks to performance—actions on the sensorimotor system

Smith

1994

Progress in Neurobiology

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An empirical study of the structure of the patrol/marking motivational system in the rat

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Environmental influences on flank marking and urine marking by female and male rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Environmental influences on flank marking and urine marking by female and male rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Effects of rearing condition, gender, and sexual experience on odor preferences and urine marking in Long-Evans rats

Female sex steroid hormones: from receptors to networks to performance—actions on the sensorimotor system

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