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1959 • 1,320 citations

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates

1977 • 1,163 citations

A novel family of genes encoding putative pheromone receptors in mammals

1995 • 1,003 citations

The differential projections of the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb in mammals

1975 • 975 citations

A Multigene Family Encoding a Diverse Array of Putative Pheromone Receptors in Mammals

1997 • 700 citations

MODIFICATION OF THE OESTROUS CYCLE OF THE MOUSE BY EXTERNAL STIMULI ASSOCIATED WITH THE MALE

1956 • 560 citations

Mammalian Olfaction, Reproductive Processes, and Behavior

1977 • 399 citations

Variable Patterns of Axonal Projections of Sensory Neurons in the Mouse Vomeronasal System

1999 • 394 citations

A BLOCK TO PREGNANCY IN THE MOUSE CAUSED BY PROXIMITY OF STRANGE MALES

1960 • 374 citations

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION AMONG ANIMALS.

1963 • 350 citations

Chemical and behavioural characterization of the rabbit mammary pheromone

2003 • 348 citations

Connections of the corticomedial amygdala in the golden hamster. I. Efferents of the “vomeronasal amygdala”

1981 • 334 citations

Effect of the Presence of a Male on the Sexual Maturation of Female Mice

1967 • 316 citations

The physiological responses of anovulatory ewes to the introduction of rams — A review

1986 • 312 citations

OCCURRENCE OF ANOESTRUS IN MICE CAGED IN GROUPS

1959 • 301 citations

A Map of Pheromone Receptor Activation in the Mammalian Brain

1999 • 289 citations

Exposing Rats to a Predator Blocks Primed Burst Potentiation in the HippocampusIn Vitro

1999 • 275 citations

Subclasses of vomeronasal receptor neurons: differential expression of G proteins (Giα2 and Goα) and segregated projections to the accessory olfactory bulb

1996 • 270 citations

Spontaneous pseudopregnancy in mice. II.

1956 • 267 citations

Reconstitution of the rat olfactory epithelium after methyl bromide‐induced lesion

1995 • 264 citations

Male-related Pheromones and the Activation of Female Reproduction in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

1980 • 243 citations

Sensitivity and Behavioral Responses to the Pheromone Androstenone Are Not Mediated by the Vomeronasal Organ in Domestic Pigs

1997 • 238 citations

Positive identification of the puberty-accelerating pheromone of the house mouse: the volatile ligands associating with the major urinary protein

1999 • 219 citations

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1986 • 217 citations

Vomeronasal organ detects odorants in absence of signaling through main olfactory epithelium

2003 • 213 citations

Androgen Steroids Associated with Boar Odour as an aid to the Detection of Oestrus in Pig Artificial Insemination

1971 • 207 citations

Vomeronasal Pump: Significance for Male Hamster Sexual Behavior

1980 • 206 citations

Connections of the corticomedial amygdala in the golden hamster. II. Efferents of the “olfactory amygdala”

1981 • 202 citations

Proteinaceous Pheromone Affecting Female Receptivity in a Terrestrial Salamander

1999 • 198 citations

Estrous synchrony and its mediation by Airborne chemical communication (Rattus norvegicus)

1978 • 189 citations

Vomeronasal organ removal before sexual experience impairs male hamster mating behavior

1986 • 188 citations

Sexual behavior and aggression in male mice: involvement of the vomeronasal system

1984 • 180 citations

Dimethyl Disulfide: An Attractant Pheromone in Hamster Vaginal Secretion

1976 • 171 citations

Consequences of removing the vomeronasal organ

1991 • 169 citations

Male Vole Urine Changes Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Norepinephrine in Female Olfactory Bulb

1981 • 168 citations

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2001 • 168 citations

Involvement of the vomeronasal organ and prolactin in pheromonal induction of delayed implantation in mice

1980 • 168 citations

Pheromones in black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)

1971 • 166 citations

The causation of two scent-marking behaviour patterns in female hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

1977 • 163 citations

Pheromonal release of suckling in rabbits does not depend on the vomeronasal organ

1986 • 163 citations

Denervation of the primary olfactory pathway in mice. V. Long-term effect of intranasal ZnSO4 irrigation on behavior, biochemistry and morphology

1978 • 162 citations

Pheromonal influences on the endocrine regulation of reproduction

1983 • 161 citations

Purification, Identification, Concentration and Bioactivity of (Z)-7-Dodecen-1-yl Acetate: Sex Pheromone of the Female Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus

1997 • 161 citations

Increased plasma LH levels in seasonally anovular merino ewes following the introduction of rams

1980 • 159 citations

Vomeronasal neuroepithelium and forebrain Fos responses to male pheromones in male and female mice

1999 • 158 citations

Source of ram pheromones that stimulate ovulation in the ewe

1980 • 156 citations

Urine-induced reflex ovulation in anovulatory rats may be a vomeronasal effect

1978 • 154 citations

Effect on oestrus and ovulation of exposing creole goats to the male at three times of the year

1983 • 152 citations

Effects of Exposure to Vaginal Odor and Receptive Females on Plasma Testosterone in the Male Hamster

1974 • 146 citations

Reproductive behaviour of pigs.

1970 • 145 citations

Regulatory Effects of Urinary Pheromones on Puberty in the Mouse1

1974 • 144 citations

Mapping of Olfactory Memory Circuits: Region-Specific c-fos Activation After Odor-Reward Associative Learning or After Its Retrieval

2002 • 142 citations

Sex-attractant emitted by female mice

1974 • 142 citations

Role of the brain and accessory olfactory system in the block to pregnancy in mice

1982 • 140 citations

The Pheromone Concept in Mammalian Chemical Communication: A Critique

1976 • 137 citations

Pheromonal regulation of male mouse ultrasonic courtship (Mus musculus)

1977 • 134 citations

Primate Sex Pheromones of Vaginal Origin

1970 • 133 citations

The Influence of Mating and Related Stimuli on Plasma Levels of Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Prolactin, and Testosterone in the Male Rat¹

1977 • 132 citations

Erection Evoked in Male Rats by Airborne Scent from Estrous Females

1997 • 131 citations

Ultrasonic vocalizations by male mice (Mus musculus) to female sex pheromone: Experiential determinants

1978 • 130 citations

Involvement of the main but not the accessory olfactory system in maternal behavior of primiparous and multiparous ewes

1995 • 129 citations

Pheromonally induced release of luteinizing hormone in male mice: involvement of the vomeronasal system

1984 • 129 citations

Hormonal and behavioral responses of male hamsters to females and female odors: Roles of olfaction, the vomeronasal system, and sexual experience

1994 • 124 citations

The behavioral component of the ram effect: the influence of ram sexual behavior on the induction of estrus in anovulatory ewes1

1994 • 122 citations

Stimulation of seasonally anovular merino ewes by rams. I. Time from introduction of the rams to the preovulatory LH surge and ovulation

1979 • 121 citations

Vomeronasal, Olfactory, Hormonal Convergence in the Brain: Cooperation or Coincidence?^a

1998 • 120 citations

Pheromones induce c-fos in limbic areas regulating male hamster mating behavior

1993 • 117 citations

Neural basis of olfactory memory in the context of pregnancy block

1989 • 112 citations

Role of the vomeronasal organ and prolactin in the acceleration of puberty in female mice

1982 • 110 citations

Biological Sciences: Identification of Primate Sexual Pheromones and the Properties of Synthetic Attractants

1971 • 108 citations

Stimulatory Effects on the Reproductive Axis in Female Songbirds by Conspecific and Heterospecific Male Song

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Reproductive physiology of Merino sheep: Concepts and consequences

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Odor preference and urine-marking scales in male and female rats: Effects of gonadectomy and sexual experience on responses to conspecific odors.

1977 • 106 citations

Effect of male odour on LH secretion and the induction of ovulation in seasonally anoestrous goats

1990 • 105 citations

Pheromones, the Vomeronasal System, and Communication: From Hormonal Responses to Individual Recognition

1998 • 102 citations

Isolation, Identification and Function of the Chief Component of the Male Tarsal Scent in Black-tailed Deer

1969 • 101 citations

Non-involvement of the accessory olfactory system in the LH response of anoestrous ewes to male odour

1989 • 98 citations

Male Vomeronasal Organ Mediates Female-Induced Testosterone Surges in Mice

1983 • 98 citations

Sexual receptivity in female rats after lesion or stimulation in different amygdaloid nuclei

1980 • 98 citations

Sex Difference and Testosterone Modulation of Pheromone-Induced NeuronalFos in the Ferret's Main Olfactory Bulb and Hypothalamus1

1998 • 97 citations

Zonal organization of the mammalian main and accessory olfactory systems

2000 • 95 citations

Stimulation of seasonally anovular merino ewes by rams. II. Premature regression of ram-induced corpora lutea

1979 • 95 citations

Induction of Estrus in Grouped Female Mice (Mus domesticus) by Synthetic Analogues of Preputial Gland Constituents

1999 • 95 citations

Changes in gonadotrophins and prolactin levels in isolated (seasonally or lactationally) anovular ewes associated with ovulation caused by the introduction of rams

1980 • 87 citations

Projection Pattern of Vomeronasal Neurons to the Accessory Olfactory Bulb in Goats

2000 • 85 citations

Effectiveness of testosterone-treated wethers and ewes as teasers

1982 • 80 citations

Olfactory preferences in dogs: the response of male and female beagles to conspecific odors

1977 • 80 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON SEXUAL MATURATION IN MALE MICE

1971 • 80 citations

Release of LH in the Female Rat by Olfactory Stimuli

1983 • 80 citations

Pattern of olfactory bulb innervation returns after recovery from reversible peripheral deafferentation

2000 • 79 citations

Lesions centered on the medial amygdala impair scent-marking and sex-odor recognition but spare discrimination of individual odors in female golden hamsters.

1999 • 78 citations

Neuronal Fos activation in olfactory bulb and forebrain of male rats having erections in the presence of inaccessible estrous females

1999 • 78 citations

Nares Occlusion Eliminates Heterosexual Partner Selection without Disrupting Coitus in Ferrets of Both Sexes

2001 • 75 citations

Frontalin: a Chemical Message of Musth in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

2003 • 75 citations

Olfactory and vomeronasal mediation of ultrasonic vocalizations in male mice

1982 • 74 citations

Non-pheromonal stimulation by the male of LH release in the anoestrous ewe

1986 • 73 citations

Lesions centered on the medial amygdala impair scent-marking and sex-odor recognition but spare discrimination of individual odors in female golden hamsters.

1999 • 73 citations

A Putative Pheromone Receptor Gene Is Expressed in Two Distinct Olfactory Organs in Goats

2002 • 72 citations

Functional Dichotomy within the Vomeronasal System: Distinct Zones of Neuronal Activity in the Accessory Olfactory Bulb Correlate with Sex-Specific Behaviors

1999 • 69 citations

The male effect in the Australian cashmere goat. 2. Role of olfactory cues from the male

1993 • 67 citations

Experience facilitates vomeronasal and olfactory influence on Fos expression in medial preoptic area during pheromone exposure or mating in male hamsters

2002 • 67 citations

Ram sexual pheromone: First approach of chemical identification

1994 • 66 citations

Endocrine Control of Female Mouse Odors that Elicit Luteinizing Hormone Surges and Attraction in Males

1982 • 65 citations

A chemistry of mammalian pheromones

1991 • 65 citations

Activation of an anatomically distinct subpopulation of accessory olfactory bulb neurons by chemosensory stimulation

1999 • 65 citations

Sexually Dimorphic Processing of Somatosensory and Chemosensory Inputs to Forebrain Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons in Mated Ferrets*

1997 • 62 citations

Sensory involvement in the mating behaviour of domestic sheep

1968 • 60 citations

Effects of anosmia on LH secretion, ovulation and oestrous behaviour induced by males in the anovular creole goat

1986 • 56 citations

Flehmen in male goats: Role in sexual behavior

1980 • 56 citations

Effect of the introduction of rams during the anoestrous season on the pulsatile secretion of LH in ovariectomized ewes

1983 • 54 citations

Changes in Serum Hormone Levels Associated with Male-Induced Ovulation in Group-Housed Adult Female Mice*

1980 • 54 citations

Role of experience in the neuroendocrine control of ewes' sexual behavior

2004 • 53 citations

Participation of the olfactory system in the control of approach behavior of the female rat to the male

1990 • 52 citations

Expression of Fos in the piriform cortex after acquisition of olfactory learning: An immunohistochemical study in the rat

2001 • 51 citations

Effect of pheromones from male goats on LH-secretion in anoestrous ewes

1990 • 51 citations

Non-olfactory chemoreceptors of the nose: recent advances in understanding the vomeronasal and trigeminal systems

1986 • 49 citations

Importance of Learning in the Response of Ewes to Male Odor

2004 • 49 citations

Regionalization of Fos immunostaining in rat accessory olfactory bulb when the vomeronasal organ was exposed to urine

1999 • 49 citations

Role of the Vomeronasal Organ in Neonatal Offspring Recognition in Sheep1

2000 • 47 citations

Removal of the Vomeronasal Organ Impairs Lordosis in Female Hamsters: Effect Is Reversed by Luteinising Hormone-Releasing Hormone

1986 • 47 citations

Central Connections of the Ovine Olfactory Bulb Formation Identified Using Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Conjugated Horseradish Peroxidase

1998 • 47 citations

Urinary marking in female house mice: Effects of ovarian steroids, sex experience, and type of stimulus

1975 • 45 citations

The induction of oestrus and ovulation in seasonally anovular ewes by exposure to rams

1983 • 44 citations

L’effet mâle chez les ovins : une technique actuelle de maîtrise de la reproduction

2000 • 44 citations

Differential patterns of c-fos mRNA expression in amygdala during successive stages of odor discrimination learning.

1997 • 42 citations

The male effect in the Australian cashmere goat. 1. Ovarian and behavioural response of seasonally anovulatory does following the introduction of bucks

1993 • 41 citations

Inhibition of sexual maturation by a urinary pheromone in male prairie deer mice

1979 • 41 citations

Effect of feeding on Fos protein expression in sheep hypothalamus with special reference to the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei: an immunohistochemical study

2000 • 40 citations

A NOTE ON THE MATING BEHAVIOUR OF EWES WITH VARIOUS SENSES IMPAIRED

1972 • 38 citations

Male hamster investigatory and copulatory responses to vaginal discharge: An attempt to impart sexual significance to an arbitrary chemosensory stimulus

1984 • 38 citations

GONADOTROPHIC HORMONE SECRETION IN THE FEMALE RING DOVE IN RESPONSE TO VISUAL AND AUDITORY STIMULATION BY THE MALE

1971 • 37 citations

A reevaluation of dimethyl disulfide as a sex attractant in golden hamsters

1995 • 37 citations

Development and use of a method for quantifying female sexual behaviour in ewes

1987 • 36 citations

Unusual fatty acids with specific odor from mature male goat.

1981 • 36 citations

Importance of behavioural stimuli in ram-induced ovulation in seasonally anovular Corriedale ewes

1991 • 35 citations

Inactivation of the olfactory amygdala prevents the endocrine response to male odour in anoestrus ewes

2004 • 34 citations

Unusual Fatty Acids with Specific Odor from Mature Male Goat

1981 • 32 citations

Differential effects of lesions in three limbic areas on ultrasound production and lordosis by female hamsters.

1985 • 31 citations

Serum FSH, LH, and Prolactin in Adult Ovariectomized Mice Bearing Silastic Implants of Estradiol: Responses to Social Cues1

1976 • 31 citations

Mating behaviour of ewes and its effect on mating efficiency

1966 • 31 citations

Sexually Dimorphic Processing of Somatosensory and Chemosensory Inputs to Forebrain Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons in Mated Ferrets

1997 • 30 citations

Differential effects of lesions in three limbic areas on ultrasound production and lordosis by female hamsters.

1985 • 30 citations

Discrimination between the odours of fresh oestrous and non-oestrous ewe urine by rams

1990 • 26 citations

MÉTHODE DE SUPPRESSION RÉVERSIBLE DE L'ODORAT CHEZ LA BREBIS ET VÉRIFICATION DE L'ANOSMIE AU MOYEN D'UNE ÉPREUVE COMPORTEMENTALE

1974 • 26 citations

RÔLE DES DIFFÉRENTES INFORMATIONS SENSORIELLES DANS L'ATTRACTION DE LA FEMELLE EN ŒSTRUS PAR LE MÂLE CHEZ LES PORCINS

1974 • 19 citations

Substances Derived from 4-Ethyl Octanoic Acid Account for Primer Pheromone Activity for the "Male Effect" in Goats

2003 • 16 citations

Rearing with males accelerates onset of sexual maturity in female domestic fowl

1998 • 10 citations

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1955 • 0 citations