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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Neural Substrate to Associate Odorants and Pheromones: Convergence of Projections from the Main and Accessory Olfactory Bulbs in Mice

Bernardita Cádiz-morettiEnrique LanuzaFernando Martínez-garcía

subject

Olfactory systemStria terminalisVomeronasal organNeural substrateSex pheromoneEfferentBiologyAccessory Olfactory BulbNeuroscienceOlfactory bulb

description

In rodents olfactory stimuli are essential for socio-sexual behaviour. Volatile stimuli mainly activate the main olfactory system, whereas non-volatile ones, some of them considered as pheromones, activate the accessory olfactory system. Traditionally, it has been considered that the efferent projections of the main and the accessory olfactory bulbs innervate different telencephalic areas. Recent studies performed in rats and mice have challenged this view. In this work we explore in mice, through the use of anterograde tracer injections in the olfactory bulbs, the brain centres where olfactory and vomeronasal information might converge.

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2012-12-17
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5927-9_1