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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Vomeronasal organ"”.
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The vomeronasal organ of the skink, Scincella lateralis: the morphology and role in predation
A qualitative and quantitative comparison of the vomeronasal organ was made of the autarchoglossan lizards: Scincella lateralis, Eumeces fasciatus, Eumeces inexpectatus, and Ophisaurus ventralis, and the ascalobotans: Sceloporus undulatus, Hemidactylus turcicus, and Xantusia vigilis. As judged by …
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The natural history of a lost sense
This thesis is an investigation of the vomeronasal organ, which senses pheromones. It traces the use of the organ in land-dwelling vertebrates, and suggests evidence that the organ is vestigial in humans and Old World monkeys. Possible explanations for the loss of the vomeronasal organ in these …
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Human Olfactory Perception: A Literature Review
… unclear; there is much debate as to whether the vomeronasal organ is functional in humans. Regardless of the mechanism of perception, it is clear olfaction is psychologically impactful for humans. The following literature review summarizes research in the field related to olfactory functioning …
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"""Copulatory memory"": A novel model for the study of recognition in the adult male rat"
… recognition is modulated by processing in the vomeronasal organ and the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) as evidenced by the activation of the immediate early gene c-fos in the granular cell layer of the male's AOB following interaction with a receptive female."
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Behavior and communication in the short bare-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)
… protrusion was observed and may be related to vomeronasal organ function. Four principal agonistic vocalizations were used while one, clicking, was observed only in male sexual behavior and submissive contexts by both sexes. A chittering vocalization is described. Social contact behaviors …
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Encoding and Processing of Accessory Olfactory System Odorants
… neurons in a specialized structure called the vomeronasal organ, and these neurons project to the accessory olfactory bulb. The accessory olfactory bulb is the first site of information integration and processing within the accessory olfactory system, and this processing can be regulated by …
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Identification, regulation and lineage tracing of embryonic olfactory progenitors
… spatially restricted neurons in the OE and vomeronasal organ. The dorsal-medial restriction of transgene-activating cells is also seen in the embryonic OE of Nestin-GFP transgenic mice, where GFP is found in a subpopulation of GFP+ Mash1+ neuronal progenitors, despite the fact that …
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The Influence of Tail Autotomy on Avoidance of Chemical Alarm Cues in Northern Zigzag Salamanders, Plethodon dorsalis
… Salamanders detect chemical alarm cues via the vomeronasal organ and their avoidance of the chemical cues is based upon the apparent associated risk. The objective of this study was to better understand predator avoidance by means of chemical alarm cues in northern zigzag salamanders, Plethodon …
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Vitras, Proteomizer, GhostBuster - A journey from Wet Lab to Machine Learning and back, pursuing Parkinson’s Disease
… in the olfactory system, and specifically in the vomeronasal organ; from there, the protein travels to the first synaptic station, that is the accessory olfactory bulb, but is not found in any downstream localisation. By subdiaphragmatic hemivagotomy, I also showed that αS is transported by the …
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Chemical communication in a declining North American anuran amphibian, the northern leopard frog (lithobates pipiens)
… and terrestrial species’ orthologs, and vomeronasal receptors (VRs Types I and II) appear to be most closely related to transitional vertebrate and aquatic vertebrate orthologs, hinting at both volatile and aquatic (water soluble and nonvolatile) detection of chemicals. In this study, I …
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Fast Neuronal Imaging using Objective Coupled Planar Illumination Microscopy
… as a novel family of ligands which activate vomeronasal sensory neurons: VSNs). Due to the experimental constraints, it has not been possible to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the number, location and functional characteristics of the sulfated steroid responsive VSNs. Applying OCPI …