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A Cerebral Asymmetry in Olfactory Control of Social Huddling by Infant Hamsters

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Advances in Vertebrate Neuroethology

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series ((NSSA,volume 56))

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Pups of the altricial species, Mesocricetus auratus, are born with little metabolic capacity for heat production (Hissa, 1968). Fortunately, they are endowed with a well developed mechanism for thermotaxis (Leonard, 1974). They orient and locomote toward the warm side of weak thermal gradients, becoming quiescent when their temperature starts to rise. This behavior presumably keeps them in the nest, close to their mother, an important source of heat. In an experimental situation (Leonard, 1982) young pups prefer contact with the warm end to huddling together with littermates. This is adaptive since their littermates are exothermic and do not provide an adequate source of heat.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA

    Christiana M. Leonard

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  1. University of Kassel, Kassel, Federal Republic of Germany

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    Robert R. Capranica

  3. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

    David J. Ingle

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Leonard, C.M. (1983). A Cerebral Asymmetry in Olfactory Control of Social Huddling by Infant Hamsters. In: Ewert, JP., Capranica, R.R., Ingle, D.J. (eds) Advances in Vertebrate Neuroethology. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 56. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4412-4_34

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