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How Foraging Mode Sculpts Sensory Systems: Morphological Evidence From DiceCT and Histology in Sympatric Lizards [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The relationship between foraging modes and sensory system morphology is critical for understanding the ecological and evolutionary adaptations of lizards.
Lin Leng, Lei Shi
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Does the Farming Method Influence the Porcine Vomeronasal Organ Condition? A Histological Study [PDF]

Animals
The vomeronasal organ (VNO) plays a key role in mammals, since it detects pheromones thus enabling social interactions between congeners. VNO inflammatory changes have been shown to severely impact animal life, leading to impaired social interactions in ...
Violaine Mechin, Pietro Asproni, Eva Teruel, Marion Boutry, Alessandro Cozzi, Patrick Pageat   +5 more
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Pheromone Sensing in Mammals: A Review of the Vomeronasal System

Anatomia, 2023
This review addresses the role of chemical communication in mammals, giving special attention to the vomeronasal system in pheromone-mediated interactions.
Mateo V. Torres, Irene Ortiz-Leal, Pablo Sanchez-Quinteiro   +2 more
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Molecular organization of vomeronasal chemoreception [PDF]

Nature, 2011
The vomeronasal organ (VNO) has a key role in mediating the social and defensive responses of many terrestrial vertebrates to species- and sex-specific chemosignals. More than 250 putative pheromone receptors have been identified in the mouse VNO, but the nature of the signals detected by individual VNO receptors has not yet been elucidated.
Isogai, Yoh, Si, Sheng, Pont-Lezica, Lorena, Tan, Taralyn, Kapoor, Vikrant, Murthy, Venkatesh, Dulac, Catherine   +6 more
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Sociosexual behavior requires both activating and repressive roles of Tfap2e/AP-2ε in vomeronasal sensory neurons

eLife, 2022
Neuronal identity dictates the position in an epithelium, and the ability to detect, process, and transmit specific signals to specified targets. Transcription factors (TFs) determine cellular identity via direct modulation of genetic transcription and ...
Jennifer M Lin, Tyler A Mitchell, Megan Rothstein, Alison Pehl, Ed Zandro M Taroc, Raghu R Katreddi, Katherine E Parra, Damian G Zuloaga, Marcos Simoes-Costa, Paolo Emanuele Forni   +9 more
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Biogenic Amines in the Vomeronasal Organ [PDF]

Chemical Senses, 1997
The vomeronasal organ of frog and mouse was investigated for the presence and content of serotonin and catecholamines by means of high-performance liquid chromatography. Measurable amounts of serotonin, adrenaline and noradrenaline were found in the vomeronasal organ of adult individuals of both species. The amine content varied with sex of adult frogs
C. Zancanaro, C. Mucignat Caretta, A Bolner, A Sbarbati, G. P. Nordera, F. Osculati   +5 more
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Vomeronasal and Olfactory Structures in Bats Revealed by DiceCT Clarify Genetic Evidence of Function

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2018
The degree to which molecular and morphological loss of function occurs synchronously during the vestigialization of traits is not well understood. The mammalian vomeronasal system, a sense critical for mediating many social and reproductive behaviors ...
Laurel R. Yohe, Simone Hoffmann, Abigail Curtis   +2 more
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Descriptive Histology and Anatomy of the Nasal Cavity and Its Associated Sensory Organs in the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) Based on Four Standardised Transverse Sections. [PDF]

Anat Histol Embryol
ABSTRACT The nasal cavity of European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) harbours a well‐developed olfactory system, essential for food provision and communication. Additionally, it acts as a first line of defence by preventing pathogens and irritants from reaching the lungs, thereby playing an important physiological role.
Weyer YV, Asproni P, Bexton S, Tilston V, Leeming G, Rocchigiani G.   +5 more
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Vomeronasal Receptors and Signal Transduction in the Vomeronasal Organ of Mammals

, 2014
Intraspecific communication involves the activation of chemoreceptors and subsequent activation of different central areas that coordinate the responses of the entire organism—ranging from behavioral modification to modulation of hormones release. Animals emit intraspecific chemical signals, often referred to as pheromones, to advertise their presence ...
Francia S, Pifferi S, Menini A, Tirindelli R.   +3 more
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Dog and mouse: Towards a balanced view of the mammalian olfactory system

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2014
Although the most intensively studied mammalian olfactory system is that of the mouse, in which olfactory chemical cues of one kind or another are detected in four different nasal areas (the main olfactory epithelium, the septal organ, Grüneberg’s ...
William Arthur Barrios Santos, Pablo eSánchez Quinteiro, Ignacio eSalazar   +2 more
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