Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mice are very sensitive to foreign odors and female mice more so than males. Could it be the estrogen level, typically higher in females than males, that causes this increased odor memory?
Laura Fox, a Neurobiology & Behavior undergraduate working in Christianne Linster's Laboratory aims to find out by manipulating the estrogen levels in mice and then testing their olfactory memory.
Mice are very sensitive to foreign odors and female mice more so than males. Could it be the estrogen level, typically higher in females than males, that causes this increased odor memory?
Laura Fox, a Neurobiology & Behavior undergraduate working in Christianne Linster's Laboratory aims to find out by manipulating the estrogen levels in mice and then testing their olfactory memory.
