Odor signals received by odorant receptors (ORs) expressed by olfactory sensory neurons
(OSNs) in the olfactory epithelium (OE) are represented as an odor map in the olfactory bulb …

Olfaction is a critical sensory modality that allows living things to acquire chemical
information from the external world. The olfactory system processes two major classes of …

The book you are about to read is about research that asks questions like" How do our
senses operate?"" What is the connection between nervous system activity and perception?" …

Predator–prey relationships provide a classic paradigm for the study of innate animal
behavior. Odors from carnivores elicit stereotyped fear and avoidance responses in rodents …

The instinctive and species-specific behavioural response of animals to pheromones has
intrigued biologists for a long time. Recent molecular and electrophysiological approaches …

Mammalian pheromones control a myriad of innate social behaviors and acutely regulate
hormone levels. Responses to pheromones are highly robust, reproducible, and stereotyped …

Several developments during the past 15 years have profoundly affected our understanding
of the vomeronasal system (VNS) of vertebrates. In the mid 1990s, the vomeronasal …

Pheromones have been found in species in almost every part of the animal kingdom,
including mammals. Pheromones (a molecule or defined combination of molecules) are …

The ability to recognize individuals is essential to many aspects of social behaviour, such as
the maintenance of stable social groups, parent–offspring or mate recognition, inbreeding …

Mice use pheromones, compounds emitted and detected by members of the same species,
as cues to regulate social behaviours such as pup suckling, aggression and mating …