Hormone Changes across the Female Estrous Cycle (IMAGE)

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Hormone Changes across the Female Estrous Cycle

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Hormone changes across the female estrous cycle lead to selective blocking of sensory input irrelevant to non-ovulating females, i.e., male pheromones. Sensory silencing is therefore a mechanism for coordinating internal physiology with salient environmental inputs.

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Dey et al./Cell 2015

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