It has been recently revealed that female mouse tend to have a steroid known as glucocorticoids (GCCs) in their urine. Sources have reported that mice have steroid {glucocorticoids (GCCs)} with the help of which they can predict certain characteristics of the other by the smell of the urine.
From science daily:
The new study, led by graduate student Francesco Nodari, identified compounds that are unusually potent stimulators of the mouse nose. The pheromones activate nerve cells 30 times as often as all the other pheromones previously identified in female mouse urine combined. In addition, several of the new signals activate specific nerve cells. This may mean the male mouse’s brain can assess different aspects of female mouse health by selectively analyzing individual pheromones.
Sources report that glucocorticoids (GCCs) are involved in energy metabolism, stress and immune functions and thus have a great control over many important features of the mouse’s physiology. Scientifically, it can give a detailed insider’s view of the health of the animal they came from to any mouse that sniffs them. They react to these pheromones with the help of an extensive olfactory system.
Sources say that the involved scientists are planning to further research to check if activating the nerves in the male mouse’s nose will exhibit some more particular behavioral responses. On the basis of the report by the sources, it can be concluded that steroids play an important role in even a mouse‘s life. It was also seen during the study that a male mouse can track 75% of pheromones in his female counterparts.
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