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Link between pain and olfaction in an inherited sodium channelopathyFrank Zufall
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, Kirrbergerstrasse 1, Bldg 58, D 66421 Homburg, Germany
Arch Neurol 69:1119-23. 2012..This advance offers a functional understanding of a monogenic human disorder that is characterized by a loss of 2 major senses-nociception and smell-thus providing an unexpected mechanistic link between these 2 sensory modalities...
Receptor guanylyl cyclases in mammalian olfactory functionFrank Zufall
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, Gebäude 58, Kirrberger Str, 66421 Homburg, Germany
Mol Cell Biochem 334:191-7. 2010..In this review, we discuss key findings that have reinvigorated the study of guanylyl cyclase function in the olfactory system...
Loss-of-function mutations in sodium channel Nav1.7 cause anosmiaJan Weiss
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, 66421 Homburg, Germany
Nature 472:186-90. 2011..Our study creates a mouse model of congenital general anosmia and provides new strategies to explore the genetic basis of the human sense of smell...
Grueneberg ganglion neurons are finely tuned cold sensorsAndreas Schmid
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, Homburg, Germany
J Neurosci 30:7563-8. 2010..These findings establish the Grueneberg ganglion as a sensory organ mediating cold-evoked neural responses, possibly in conjunction with the sensing of other stress- or fear-related chemical social cues...
Formyl peptide receptors from immune and vomeronasal system exhibit distinct agonist propertiesBernd Bufe
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, 66421 Homburg, Germany
J Biol Chem 287:33644-55. 2012..The same peptide motifs are contained in pathogenic microorganisms. Thus, the ligand profile of mFpr-rs1 is consistent with a role in vomeronasal pathogen sensing...
G protein G(alpha)o is essential for vomeronasal function and aggressive behavior in micePablo Chamero
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, 66424 Homburg, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:12898-903. 2011..These cellular and behavioral phenotypes identify Gαo as the primary G-protein α-subunit mediating the detection of peptide and protein pheromones by sensory neurons of the VNO...
From genes to social communication: molecular sensing by the vomeronasal organPablo Chamero
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, D 66424 Homburg, Germany
Trends Neurosci 35:597-606. 2012....
Structural requirements for the activation of vomeronasal sensory neurons by MHC peptidesTrese Leinders-Zufall
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, Homburg, Germany
Nat Neurosci 12:1551-8. 2009..We suggest that the peptide presentation system provided by MHC molecules co-evolves with the peptide recognition systems expressed by T cells and VSNs...
Contribution of the receptor guanylyl cyclase GC-D to chemosensory function in the olfactory epitheliumTrese Leinders-Zufall
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, 66421 Homburg Saar, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:14507-12. 2007....
Mammalian pheromone sensingFrank Zufall
Department of Physiology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, Kirrberger Strasse, 66421 Homburg Saar, Germany
Curr Opin Neurobiol 17:483-9. 2007..Selective genetic targeting of these subsystems should help to unravel their biological role in pheromone-mediated behavioral responses...
