Social homeostasis is the ability of individuals to detect the quantity and quality of social
contact, compare it to an established set-point in a command center, and adjust the effort …

Sensory receptors are at the interface between an organism and its environment and thus
represent key sites for biological innovation. Here, we survey major sensory receptor …

Sexually naive animals have to distinguish between the sexes because they show species-
typical interactions with males and females without meaningful prior experience. However …

In many mammalian species, the accessory olfactory system plays a central role in guiding
behavioral and physiological responses to social and reproductive interactions. Because of …

As humans are mammals, it is possible, perhaps even probable, that we have pheromones.
However, there is no robust bioassay-led evidence for the widely published claims that four …

This article is part of a Special Issue (“Estradiol and cognition”). Estrogens have repeatedly
been shown to influence a wide array of social behaviors, which in rodents are …

Pheromones play vital roles for survival and reproduction in various organisms. In many
fishes, prostaglandin F2α acts not only as a female reproductive hormone, facilitating …

During the lifespans of most animals, reproductive maturity and mating activity are highly
coordinated. In Drosophila melanogaster, for instance, male fertility increases with age, and …

Meaningful social interactions modify behavioral responses to sensory stimuli. The neural
mechanisms underlying the entrainment of neutral sensory stimuli to salient social cues to …

Highlights•A variety of mammalian pheromones have recently been isolated from the
mouse.•Mouse pheromones, cognate sensory neurons, and their elicited behaviors are …