Research article summary (published 30 Apr 2006):

The vomeronasal system in mice: from the nose to the hypothalamus- and back!

Full Abstract

The vomeronasal pathway in rodents runs parallel to the main olfactory pathway and mediates responses to different classes of chemosensory stimuli. Both olfactory systems can converge and synergize to control reproductive behaviors and hormonal changes triggered by chemosensory cues. Novel experimental approaches expressing genetic transneuronal tracers in hypothalamic neurons regulating reproduction have set the stage to analyze how chemosensory inputs are integrated in the brain to elicit reproductive behaviors and hormonal changes, and how neuroendocrine status might modulate susceptibility to chemosensory cues.

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Author information

Author/s: Boehm, Ulrich (U);

Affiliation: Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Neural Signal Transduction, Falkenried 94, 20251 Hamburg, Germany. uboehm(-atsign-)zmnh.uni-hamburg.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: Seminars in cell & developmental biology (Semin Cell Dev Biol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 17 (issue 4) : pp 471-9

Dates: Created 2006/09/04; Completed 2006/12/04;

PMID: 16765613, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Animals Hypothalamus - physiology Mice Models, Biological Nose - physiology

Olfactory Bulb - physiology Olfactory Pathways - physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Synapses - physiology Vomeronasal Organ - anatomy & histology; metabolism; physiology

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