Journal
CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 274-280Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.02.013
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- NIH-NIDCD
- Skaggs Foundation
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS [R01DC009413, R01DC006885] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Investigation of how specialized olfactory cues, such as pheromones, are detected has primarily focused on the function of receptor neurons within a subsystem of the nasal cavity, the vomeronasal organ (VNO). Behavioral analyses have long indicated that additional, non-VNO olfactory neurons are similarly necessary for pheromone detection; however, the identity of these neurons has been a mystery. Recent molecular, behavioral, and genomic approaches have led to the identification of multiple atypical sensory circuits that display characteristics suggestive of a specialized function. This review focuses on these non-VNO receptors and neurons, and evaluates their potential for mediating stereotyped olfactory behavior in mammals.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available