14: Neuroscience / Communication / Behavior

Making Sense Out of Scents:
Olfaction and Reproduction in Marmosets and Tamarins

T. Ziegler

Affiliation: National Primate Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Marmosets and tamarins have a well-developed chemosensory system used for reproductive communication. They make use of both the main olfactory system (MOS) and the assessory olfactory system (AOS). Chemical signaling is received in a synergistic manner through both systems with the detection of the volatile substances by the MOS and the non-volatile substances through the vomeronasal of the AOS. Chemical communication enables marmosets and tamarins to adjust both mating effort and parental effort according to their social surroundings. Functional studies will be presented that demonstrate the responses elicited, both hormonal and behavioral, in male marmoset and tamarins to chemical signals.

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