Do fossorial water voles have a functional vomeronasal organ? A histological and immunohistochemical study

S Ruiz‐Rubio, I Ortiz‐Leal, MV Torres… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The fossorial water vole, Arvicola scherman, is an herbivorous rodent that causes significant
agricultural damages. The application of cairomones and alarm pheromones emerges as a …

The role of male scent in female attraction in the bank vole, Myodes glareolus

HA Coombes, MC Prescott, P Stockley, RJ Beynon… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Chemical signals are frequently utilised by male mammals for intersexual communication
and females are often attracted to male scent. However, the mechanism underlying female …

[HTML][HTML] The Accessory Olfactory Bulb in Arvicola scherman: A Neuroanatomical Study in a Subterranean Mammal

S Ruiz-Rubio, I Ortiz-Leal, MV Torres, MGA Elsayed… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
The accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) processes chemical signals crucial for species-specific
socio-sexual behaviors. There is limited information about the AOB of wild rodents, and this …

Neuroanatomy of the Accessory Olfactory Bulb in the Fossorial Water Vole

S Ruiz-Rubio, I Ortiz-Leal, MV Torres, MGA Elsayed… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) plays a key role in processing chemical signals crucial
for species-specific social and reproductive behaviors. While extensive research has …