odors

Summary

Summary: The volatile portions of substances perceptible by the sense of smell. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Sensing odorants and pheromones with chemosensory receptors
    Kazushige Touhara
    Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277 8562 Japan
    Annu Rev Physiol 71:307-32. 2009
  2. ncbi Odorant reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae
    Allison F Carey
    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
    Nature 464:66-71. 2010
  3. ncbi Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are highly specific to aversion of cat odors
    Ajai Vyas
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6442-7. 2007
  4. ncbi Select Drosophila glomeruli mediate innate olfactory attraction and aversion
    Julia L Semmelhack
    Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Nature 459:218-23. 2009
  5. ncbi Characterization and coding of behaviorally significant odor mixtures
    Jeffrey A Riffell
    University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA
    Curr Biol 19:335-40. 2009
  6. ncbi Information processing in the mammalian olfactory system
    Pierre Marie Lledo
    Laboratory of Perception and Memory, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
    Physiol Rev 85:281-317. 2005
  7. ncbi Transcriptome profiling of chemosensory appendages in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae reveals tissue- and sex-specific signatures of odor coding
    R Jason Pitts
    Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    BMC Genomics 12:271. 2011
  8. ncbi The effects of toxoplasma infection on rodent behavior are dependent on dose of the stimulus
    A Vyas
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 5020, USA
    Neuroscience 148:342-8. 2007
  9. ncbi Odor coding in the maxillary palp of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae
    Tan Lu
    Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Chemical Biology and Global Health and Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
    Curr Biol 17:1533-44. 2007
  10. ncbi Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels
    Koji Sato
    Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277 8562, Japan
    Nature 452:1002-6. 2008

Research Grants

  1. BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF OLFACTION
    Brian Smith; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. Molecular basis of olfactory perception.
    DAVID NIGEL JONES; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. Disruption of Host-Seeking Behavior in Aedes and Culex Mosquitoes using Odorants
    Anandasankar Ray; Fiscal Year: 2010
  4. Olfactory Circuits for Reproduction and Reward
    James A Cherry; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. Olfactory Circuits for Reproduction and Reward
    James A Cherry; Fiscal Year: 2011
  6. Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
    DIEGO contact RESTREPO; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
    Diego Restrepo; Fiscal Year: 2009
  8. Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
    Diego Restrepo; Fiscal Year: 2009
  9. MECHANISMS OF OLFACTORY TRANSDUCTION
    John Teeter; Fiscal Year: 2003
  10. Parasite / host interaction and the neurobiology of fear
    Robert M Sapolsky; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications269 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Sensing odorants and pheromones with chemosensory receptors
    Kazushige Touhara
    Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277 8562 Japan
    Annu Rev Physiol 71:307-32. 2009
    ..We review recent progress on chemosensory receptor structure, function, and circuitry in vertebrates and invertebrates from the point of view of the molecular biology and physiology of these sensory systems...
  2. ncbi Odorant reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae
    Allison F Carey
    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
    Nature 464:66-71. 2010
    ..Our analysis of the Anopheles gambiae repertoire identifies receptors that may be useful targets for controlling the transmission of malaria...
  3. ncbi Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are highly specific to aversion of cat odors
    Ajai Vyas
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6442-7. 2007
    ..In mice and rats, latent Toxoplasma infection converted the aversion to feline odors into attraction...
  4. ncbi Select Drosophila glomeruli mediate innate olfactory attraction and aversion
    Julia L Semmelhack
    Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Nature 459:218-23. 2009
    ..Together, these results indicate that individual glomeruli, rather than the entire pattern of active glomeruli, mediate innate behavioural output...
  5. ncbi Characterization and coding of behaviorally significant odor mixtures
    Jeffrey A Riffell
    University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA
    Curr Biol 19:335-40. 2009
    ..Surprisingly, how the olfactory system maintains identity of complex odors is unclear [6-10]...
  6. ncbi Information processing in the mammalian olfactory system
    Pierre Marie Lledo
    Laboratory of Perception and Memory, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
    Physiol Rev 85:281-317. 2005
    ..Recent observations supporting the necessity of such plasticity for adult brain functions are also discussed. Due to space constraints, this review focuses mainly on the olfactory systems of vertebrates, and primarily those of mammals...
  7. ncbi Transcriptome profiling of chemosensory appendages in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae reveals tissue- and sex-specific signatures of odor coding
    R Jason Pitts
    Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    BMC Genomics 12:271. 2011
    ..gambiae...
  8. ncbi The effects of toxoplasma infection on rodent behavior are dependent on dose of the stimulus
    A Vyas
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 5020, USA
    Neuroscience 148:342-8. 2007
    ..This report also demonstrates that toxoplasma affects emotional valence of the cat odor as indicated by altered learned fear induced by cat odor...
  9. ncbi Odor coding in the maxillary palp of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae
    Tan Lu
    Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Chemical Biology and Global Health and Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
    Curr Biol 17:1533-44. 2007
    ..However, the molecular and cellular basis of such olfactory responses remains largely unknown...
  10. ncbi Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels
    Koji Sato
    Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277 8562, Japan
    Nature 452:1002-6. 2008
    ..The ligand-gated ion channel formed by an insect OR complex seems to be the basis for a unique strategy that insects have acquired to respond to the olfactory environment...
  11. ncbi Antennal lobe processing increases separability of odor mixture representations in the honeybee
    Nina Deisig
    Research Centre for Animal Cognition UMR 5169, Universite de Toulouse, UPS, Toulouse, France
    J Neurophysiol 103:2185-94. 2010
    ..As a result, mixture representations become more separable in the olfactory space, thus allowing better differentiation among floral blends in nature...
  12. ncbi Maps of odorant molecular features in the Mammalian olfactory bulb
    Kensaku Mori
    Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Physiol Rev 86:409-33. 2006
    ..The molecular-feature maps provide a basis for understanding how the olfactory cortex reads the odor maps of the OB...
  13. ncbi Chemotopic odorant coding in a mammalian olfactory system
    Brett A Johnson
    Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 4550, USA
    J Comp Neurol 503:1-34. 2007
    ..A critical analysis suggests that alternative coding mechanisms for odor quality, such as those based on temporal patterns of responses, enjoy little experimental support...
  14. ncbi Neural systems underlying decisions about affective odors
    Edmund T Rolls
    Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience, Oxford, UK via e mail
    J Cogn Neurosci 22:1069-82. 2010
    ..In an fMRI study, we delivered two odors separated by a delay, with instructions on different trials to decide which odor was more pleasant or more intense ..
  15. ncbi Induction of cAMP response element-binding protein-dependent medium-term memory by appetitive gustatory reinforcement in Drosophila larvae
    Ken Honjo
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305 8572, Japan
    J Neurosci 25:7905-13. 2005
    ..Moreover, we also show that synaptic output of larval mushroom body neurons is required for retrieval but not for acquisition and retention of the larval memory, including the CREB-dependent component...
  16. ncbi The vomeronasal organ mediates interspecies defensive behaviors through detection of protein pheromone homologs
    Fabio Papes
    Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Cell 141:692-703. 2010
    ..Neurons that sense these stimuli remain unknown. Here we show that detection and processing of fear-evoking odors emitted from cat, rat, and snake require the function of sensory neurons in the vomeronasal organ...
  17. ncbi Odor cues during slow-wave sleep prompt declarative memory consolidation
    Björn Rasch
    Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lubeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160 23a, 23538 Lubeck, Germany
    Science 315:1426-9. 2007
    ..Concurring with these findings, functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed significant hippocampal activation in response to odor re-exposure during SWS...
  18. ncbi Neural correlates of behavior in the moth Manduca sexta in response to complex odors
    Jeffrey A Riffell
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721 0077, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:19219-26. 2009
    ..to mixtures of varying behavioral effectiveness, we analyzed the coding of behaviorally "meaningful" odors. We considered four possible ensemble-coding mechanisms--mean firing rate, mean instantaneous firing rate, pattern ..
  19. ncbi Ability of honeybee, Apis mellifera, to detect and discriminate odors of varieties of canola (Brassica rapa and Brassica napus) and snapdragon flowers (Antirrhinum majus)
    Geraldine A Wright
    Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1220, USA
    J Chem Ecol 28:721-40. 2002
    Honeybees (Apis mellifera) use odors to identify and discriminate among flowers during foraging...
  20. ncbi Odor quality coding and categorization in human posterior piriform cortex
    James D Howard
    Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer s Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Nat Neurosci 12:932-8. 2009
    ..These findings substantiate theoretical models emphasizing the importance of distributed piriform templates for the perceptual reconstruction of odor object quality...
  21. ncbi Predatory mite attraction to herbivore-induced plant odors is not a consequence of attraction to individual herbivore-induced plant volatiles
    Michiel van Wijk
    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, 1090 GB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Chem Ecol 34:791-803. 2008
    ..However, upon associating each of these odors with food over a period of 15 min, both are preferred. The memory to this association wanes within 24 hr...
  22. ncbi A metric for odorant comparison
    Rafi Haddad
    Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Hertzel, Rehovot 76100 Israel
    Nat Methods 5:425-9. 2008
    ..We use this new metric to recommend sets of odorants that span the physicochemical space for use in olfaction experiments...
  23. ncbi Lateral presynaptic inhibition mediates gain control in an olfactory circuit
    Shawn R Olsen
    Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Nature 452:956-60. 2008
    ..A substantial portion of this interglomerular inhibition acts at a presynaptic locus, and our results imply that this is mediated by both ionotropic and metabotropic receptors on the same nerve terminal...
  24. ncbi Is there a space-time continuum in olfaction?
    Michael Leon
    Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 4550, USA
    Cell Mol Life Sci 66:2135-50. 2009
    ..olfactory sensory neurons respond differentially to airborne chemicals to initiate the process by which specific odors are perceived...
  25. ncbi Associative conditioning tunes transient dynamics of early olfactory processing
    Patricia C Fernandez
    Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287 4501, USA
    J Neurosci 29:10191-202. 2009
    b>Odors evoke complex spatiotemporal responses in the insect antennal lobe (AL) and mammalian olfactory bulb. However, the behavioral relevance of spatiotemporal coding remains unclear...
  26. ncbi Cellular and behavioral effects of cranial irradiation of the subventricular zone in adult mice
    Francoise Lazarini
    Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Perception and Memory, Paris, France
    PLoS ONE 4:e7017. 2009
    ..Thousands of new neurons appear each day, but the function of this ongoing neurogenesis remains unclear...
  27. ncbi Aversive learning enhances perceptual and cortical discrimination of indiscriminable odor cues
    Wen Li
    Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer s Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Science 319:1842-5. 2008
    ..That completely indiscriminable sensations can be transformed into discriminable percepts further accentuates the potency of associative learning to enhance sensory cue perception and support adaptive behavior...
  28. ncbi The sniff as a unit of olfactory processing
    Adam Kepecs
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
    Chem Senses 31:167-79. 2006
    ..Recent behavioral experiments show that using a single sniff rats can accurately discriminate between very similar odors and fail to improve their accuracy by taking multiple sniffs...
  29. ncbi Dynamic ensemble odor coding in the mammalian olfactory bulb: sensory information at different timescales
    Brice Bathellier
    Flavour Perception Group, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne EPFL, CH 1015, Switzerland
    Neuron 57:586-98. 2008
    ..Based on this activity, almost optimal discrimination of presented odors was possible during single sniffs, consistent with reported behavioral data...
  30. ncbi Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels
    Dieter Wicher
    Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans Knöll St 8, D 07745 Jena, Germany
    Nature 452:1007-11. 2008
    ..Thereby, they provide rapid and transient as well as sensitive and prolonged odorant signalling...
  31. ncbi Component information is preserved in glomerular responses to binary odor mixtures in the moth Spodoptera littoralis
    Mikael A Carlsson
    Department of Safety Pharmacology, AstraZeneca R and D Sodertalje, SE 151 85 Södertälje, Sweden
    Chem Senses 32:433-43. 2007
    Natural odors are often complex mixtures of different compounds. These mixtures can be perceived to have qualities that are different from their components...
  32. ncbi The olfactory bulb: coding and processing of odor molecule information
    K Mori
    Laboratory for Neuronal Recognition Molecules, Laboratory for Neurobiology of Synapse, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
    Science 286:711-5. 1999
    ..They also mediate synchronized oscillatory discharges among specific combinations of output neurons and may contribute to the integration of signals from distinct odorant receptors in the olfactory cortex...
  33. ncbi A resting box for outdoor sampling of adult Anopheles arabiensis in rice irrigation schemes of lower Moshi, northern Tanzania
    Eliningaya J Kweka
    Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Division of Livestock and Human Diseases Vector Control, Arusha, Tanzania
    Malar J 8:82. 2009
    ..In this study, human landing catch, two cow odour baited resting boxes and an unbaited resting box were evaluated as vector sampling tools in an area with a high proportion of Anopheles arabiensis, as the major malaria vector...
  34. ncbi Diversity of odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in insects
    Paolo Pelosi
    University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy and China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Chem Senses 30:i291-2. 2005
  35. ncbi Mixture interactions in moth olfactory physiology: examining the effects of odorant mixture, concentration, distal stimulation, and antennal nerve transection on sensillar responses
    N K Hillier
    Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P2R6, Canada
    Chem Senses 36:93-108. 2011
    ..virescens ORNs...
  36. ncbi A novel multicomponent stimulus device for use in olfactory experiments
    Shannon B Olsson
    Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans Knoell Strasse 8, Jena, Germany
    J Neurosci Methods 195:1-9. 2011
    ..multicomponent stimulus system for use in olfactory experiments that is capable of presenting up to 8 different odors simultaneously or in sequence at defined concentrations and time scales...
  37. ncbi A circuit supporting concentration-invariant odor perception in Drosophila
    Kenta Asahina
    Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
    J Biol 8:9. 2009
    Most odors are perceived to have the same quality over a large concentration range, but the neural mechanisms that permit concentration-invariant olfactory perception are unknown...
  38. ncbi Intrinsic and circuit properties favor coincidence detection for decoding oscillatory input
    Javier Perez-Orive
    Computation and Neural Systems, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 24:6037-47. 2004
    ..Finally, we find that a decoding strategy that is based on coincidence detection enhances both noise tolerance and input discriminability by KCs...
  39. ncbi Toxoplasma gondii strain-dependent effects on mouse behaviour
    Geetha Kannan
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 5371, USA
    Folia Parasitol (Praha) 57:151-5. 2010
    ..No differences in parasite antibody titres were seen between PRU- and ME49-infected mice. The present data suggest the effect of T. gondii infection on mouse behaviour is parasite strain-dependent...
  40. ncbi Molecular basis of odor coding in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae
    Guirong Wang
    Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Institutes of Chemical Biology and Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:4418-23. 2010
    ..gambiae that ultimately may aid in fostering the design and development of olfactory-based strategies for reducing the transmission of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases...
  41. ncbi Synaptic inhibition in the olfactory bulb accelerates odor discrimination in mice
    Nixon M Abraham
    Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, INF 307, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany WIN Olfactory Dynamics Group, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    Neuron 65:399-411. 2010
    ..cells via granule cells may contribute to odor discrimination behavior by refining neuronal representations of odors. Here we show that selective deletion of the AMPA receptor subunit GluA2 in granule cells boosted synaptic Ca(2+) ..
  42. ncbi Predicting odor pleasantness from odorant structure: pleasantness as a reflection of the physical world
    Rehan M Khan
    Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    J Neurosci 27:10015-23. 2007
    ..However, our findings suggest that olfactory pleasantness is also partially innate, corresponding to a natural axis of maximal discriminability among biologically relevant molecules...
  43. ncbi Simultaneous activation of mouse main and accessory olfactory bulbs by odors or pheromones
    Fuqiang Xu
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
    J Comp Neurol 489:491-500. 2005
    It is generally believed that the main olfactory system processes common odors and the accessory olfactory system is specifically for pheromones...
  44. ncbi Medial amygdala modulation of predator odor-induced unconditioned fear in the rat
    Chun-I Li
    Psychobiology Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    Behav Neurosci 118:324-32. 2004
    ..Furthermore, MeA lesions did not alter olfactory function and general locomotor activity. Results demonstrate that the MeA plays a major role in modulating predator odor-induced unconditioned fear...
  45. ncbi Patterns of spontaneous activity in single rat olfactory receptor neurons are different in normally breathing and tracheotomized animals
    Patricia Duchamp-Viret
    , , CNRS UMR 5020, 50 avenue Tony Garnier, 69366 Lyon Cedex 07, France
    J Neurobiol 65:97-114. 2005
    ..It is suggested that spontaneous activity may be modulated by respiration. Because natural sampling of odors is synchronized with breathing, such modulation may prepare and keep olfactory bulb circuits tuned to process odor ..
  46. ncbi Attention to odor modulates thalamocortical connectivity in the human brain
    Jane Plailly
    Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer s Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    J Neurosci 28:5257-67. 2008
    ..The results imply that olfaction, like all other sensory modalities, requires a thalamic relay, if only to consciously analyze a smell...
  47. ncbi Neural and behavioral mechanisms of olfactory perception
    Rachel I Wilson
    Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 18:408-12. 2008
    ..Other recent studies highlight the role of active sensing (sniffing) in shaping odor-evoked neural activity and perception...
  48. ncbi Differential dynamics of amino acid release in the amygdala and olfactory cortex during odor fear acquisition as revealed with simultaneous high temporal resolution microdialysis
    Chloé Hegoburu
    Neurosciences Sensorielles, Comportement, Cognition, CNRS UMR 5020, Universite de Lyon, Lyon, France
    Learn Mem 16:687-97. 2009
    ..In addition, our data raise the challenging idea that the olfactory cortex might store certain aspects of fear conditioning related to the timing of the associations...
  49. ncbi Behavioral and neurophysiological responses of an insect to changing ratios of constituents in host plant-derived volatile mixtures
    A J Najar-Rodriguez
    ETH Zurich, Institute of Plant, Animal and Agroecosystem Sciences Applied Entomology, Schmelzbergstrasse 9 LFO, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    J Exp Biol 213:3388-97. 2010
    Ratios of compounds in host plant odors fluctuate with the phenological stage of the plant...
  50. ncbi Functional connectivity and selective odor responses of excitatory local interneurons in Drosophila antennal lobe
    Ju Huang
    Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
    Neuron 67:1021-33. 2010
    ..Furthermore, each eLN responded with distinct patterns to different odors, and each odor elicited distinct responses in different eLNs, with specific temporal patterns of spiking, ..
  51. ncbi Neural encoding of rapidly fluctuating odors
    Maria N Geffen
    Program in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Neuron 61:570-86. 2009
    ..The responses varied greatly across PNs and across odors for the same PN...
  52. ncbi Transformation of odor representations in target areas of the olfactory bulb
    Emre Yaksi
    Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
    Nat Neurosci 12:474-82. 2009
    ..Responses to different odors and their mixtures indicate that Vv neurons pool convergent inputs, resulting in broadened tuning curves and ..
  53. ncbi Activational rather than navigational effects of odors on homing of young pigeons
    Paulo E Jorge
    Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
    Curr Biol 19:650-4. 2009
    ..The most common procedure used to investigate the role of odors in avian homing is to experimentally produce anosmia and/or block access to natural odors [4, 5]...
  54. ncbi Beyond nature and nurture: phenotypic plasticity in blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. when humans are not readily accessible
    Thierry Lefevre
    Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Montpellier, France
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:1023-9. 2009
    ..This paradox can be interpreted as the evolution of a plastic strategy of feeding behavior in this field population of An. gambiae because of the greater accessibility of readily available, although less-preferred, hosts...
  55. ncbi Long-term memory shapes the primary olfactory center of an insect brain
    Benoît Hourcade
    Research Centre on Animal Cognition, CNRS, University Paul Sabatier UMR 5169, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 04, France
    Learn Mem 16:607-15. 2009
    ..We have therefore focused on associative memories of individual odors and the possible related changes in the honeybee primary olfactory center, the antennal lobe (AL)...
  56. ncbi Characterization of an antennal carboxylesterase from the pest moth Spodoptera littoralis degrading a host plant odorant
    Nicolas Durand
    UMR A 1272 UPMC INRA Physiologie de l Insecte, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and INRA, Paris and Versailles, France
    PLoS ONE 5:e15026. 2010
    ..These enzymes are only expressed in the male antennae, and secreted into the lumen of the pheromone-sensitive sensilla. CCEs able to hydrolyze other odorants than sex pheromones, such as plant volatiles, have not been identified...
  57. ncbi Prospects for developing odour baits to control Glossina fuscipes spp., the major vector of human African trypanosomiasis
    Maurice O Omolo
    International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3:e435. 2009
    ..The results suggest that identifying kairomones present in lizard odour for G. f. fuscipes and pig odour for G. f. quanzensis may improve the performance of targets for controlling these species...
  58. ncbi Temporally diverse firing patterns in olfactory receptor neurons underlie spatiotemporal neural codes for odors
    Baranidharan Raman
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Neurosci 30:1994-2006. 2010
    ..How then are dynamic neural codes for odors generated? Consistent with recent results from several other species, our recordings from locust ORNs showed a ..
  59. ncbi Central processing of natural odor mixtures in insects
    Hong Lei
    ARL Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    J Chem Ecol 34:915-27. 2008
    ..The difference between these two types of processing may reside in the degree of plasticity, with the former being hard-wired and the latter being more subjected to network modulation...
  60. ncbi Functional architecture of olfactory ionotropic glutamate receptors
    Liliane Abuin
    Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Neuron 69:44-60. 2011
    ..Our results provide insights into the conserved and distinct architecture of these olfactory and synaptic ion channels and offer perspectives into the use of IRs as genetically encoded chemical sensors. VIDEO ABSTRACT:..
  61. ncbi Rapid decision-making with side-specific perceptual discrimination in ants
    Nathalie Stroeymeyt
    Department of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    PLoS ONE 5:e12377. 2010
    ..In mammals, there is mounting evidence that multiple systems of perceptual discrimination based on different neural circuits emphasize either fast responses or accurate treatment of stimuli depending on the context...
  62. ncbi Bulbar acetylcholine enhances neural and perceptual odor discrimination
    Dipesh Chaudhury
    Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
    J Neurosci 29:52-60. 2009
    ..These results together present a first direct comparison between neural and perceptual effects of a bulbar neuromodulator...
  63. ncbi Calcium current diversity in physiologically different local interneuron types of the antennal lobe
    Andreas Husch
    Institute of Zoology and Physiology, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
    J Neurosci 29:716-26. 2009
    ..These marked physiological differences between the two LN types imply consequences for their computational capacity, synaptic output kinetics, and thus their function in the olfactory circuit...
  64. ncbi Distinct patterns of olfactory impairment in Alzheimer's disease, semantic dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and corticobasal degeneration
    Simona Luzzi
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Ancona, Italy
    Neuropsychologia 45:1823-31. 2007
    ..The findings add further insights into the nature of the semantic deficit in SD by exploring a hitherto neglected modality and may have relevance in explaining the altered eating habits commonly associated with SD...
  65. ncbi The feeling of familiarity of music and odors: the same neural signature?
    Jane Plailly
    Neurosciences and Systèmes Sensoriels, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5020, IFR 19, Institut Federatif des Neurosciences de Lyon, 69366, Lyon Cedex 07, France
    Cereb Cortex 17:2650-8. 2007
    ..the present experiment, we investigated this hypothesis by studying the neural bases of familiarity processing of odors and music. In particular, we focused on familiarity referring to the participants' life experience...
  66. ncbi Local and global chemotopic organization: general features of the glomerular representations of aliphatic odorants differing in carbon number
    Brett A Johnson
    Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697 4550, USA
    J Comp Neurol 480:234-49. 2004
    ..Thus, global chemotopy and local modular chemotopy appear to be fundamental principles underlying the representation of odorants differing in carbon chain length...
  67. ncbi Coding of odors by a receptor repertoire
    Elissa A Hallem
    Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    Cell 125:143-60. 2006
    ..We test the receptors with a panel of over 100 odors and find that strong responses are sparse, with response density dependent on chemical class...
  68. ncbi Minimal olfactory perception during sleep: why odor alarms will not work for humans
    Mary A Carskadon
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Sleep Research Laboratory, Brown Medical School Bradley Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    Sleep 27:402-5. 2004
    ..To examine olfactory arousal threshold during sleep in comparison to an auditory tone...
  69. ncbi Olfactory maps and odor images
    Sigrun Korsching
    Institut fur Genetik, Universitat zu Koln, 50674, Koln, Germany
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 12:387-92. 2002
    ..Modifications of the glomerular odor map have resulted in altered percepts of the corresponding odors.
  70. ncbi A computational model of the response of honey bee antennal lobe circuitry to odor mixtures: overshadowing, blocking and unblocking can arise from lateral inhibition
    C Linster
    Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Behav Brain Res 87:1-14. 1997
    ..These results provide testable hypotheses that will guide future behavioral and physiological analyses...
  71. ncbi Contrast enhancement of stimulus intermittency in a primary olfactory network and its behavioral significance
    Hong Lei
    University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721 0077, USA
    J Biol 8:21. 2009
    ....
  72. ncbi Experimental psychology: event timing turns punishment to reward
    Hiromu Tanimoto
    Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie, Biozentrum, Universitat Wurzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany
    Nature 430:983. 2004
    ..These opposing behaviours depend on the relative timing of the shock and odour presentations during training, and indicate that a shock can act as either an aversive reinforcer or an appetitive one...
  73. ncbi Characterization of the aroma-active compounds in pink guava (Psidium guajava, L.) by application of the aroma extract dilution analysis
    Martin Steinhaus
    Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Lebensmittelchemie, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, D 85748 Garching, Germany
    J Agric Food Chem 56:4120-7. 2008
    ..Seven odorants were identified for the first time in guavas, among them 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate, 3-sulfanyl-1-hexanol, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethyl-2(5 H)-furanone, trans-4,5-epoxy-( E)-2-decenal, and methional were the most odor-active...
  74. ncbi Influence of rearing conditions on the volatile compounds of cooked fillets of Silurus glanis (European catfish)
    Arnaud Hallier
    Food Aroma Quality Research, ENITIAA, rue de la Geraudiere, BP 82225 44322 Nantes, France
    J Agric Food Chem 53:7204-11. 2005
    ..Boiled potato sensory odor of the silurus cooked fillets can be related to (Z)-4-heptenal and methional, and buttery odor can be related to 2,3-butanedione, an unknown compound (RI = 1010), and 2,3-pentadione...
  75. ncbi Characterization of odor-active volatiles in champa (Campomanesia lineatifolia R. and P.)
    Coralia Osorio
    Departamento de Química and Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, AA14490 Bogotá, Colombia
    J Agric Food Chem 54:509-16. 2006
    ..This is the first time that the volatile composition in champa is reported and also the sensory odor importance of beta-triketones...
  76. ncbi Characterization of dried whey protein concentrate and isolate flavor
    M E Carunchia Whetstine
    Department of Food Science, Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA
    J Dairy Sci 88:3826-39. 2005
    ....
  77. ncbi Correlation between the pattern volatiles and the overall aroma of wild edible mushrooms
    P Guedes De Pinho
    REQUI MTE Serviço de Farmacognosia, Faculdade de Farmacia da Universidade do Porto, R Aníbal Cunha 164, 4050 047 Porto, Portugal
    J Agric Food Chem 56:1704-12. 2008
    ..The presence and contents of these compounds give a considerable contribution to the sensory characteristics of the analyzed species...
  78. ncbi Identification of characteristic aroma-active compounds from water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica DC.)
    Won Ho Seo
    Department of Food Engineering, Dankook University, Cheonan 330 714, Korea
    J Agric Food Chem 53:6766-70. 2005
    ..The aroma property of p-cymene was dependent on its concentration and was described as kerosene-like at relatively high concentrations but changed to citrus and green aroma notes at low concentrations...
  79. ncbi Flavor profiles of full-fat and reduced-fat cheese and cheese fat made from aged Cheddar with the fat removed using a novel process
    M E Carunchia Whetstine
    Department of Food Science, Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA
    J Dairy Sci 89:505-17. 2006
    ..This study demonstrated that when fat was removed from aged full-fat Cheddar cheese, most of the flavor and flavor compounds remained in the cheese and were not removed with the fat...
  80. ncbi Identification of components responsible for the odor of cigar smoker's breath
    Russell Bazemore
    Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co, 1132 West Blackhawk Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 54:497-501. 2006
    ..Pyridines and pyrazines, the most prominent classes of odorous compounds identified in this experiment, may be generated during cigar pyrrolysis by cleavage of nicotine or by Maillard reaction...
  81. ncbi Reproducibility of odor maps by fMRI in rodents
    James R Schafer
    Department of Neurobiology, Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Neuroimage 31:1238-46. 2006
    ..These results demonstrate the robustness of high-field fMRI as a tool for assaying olfactory bulb function and provide evidence that equivalent perceptual outcomes may arise from divergent neural substrates...
  82. ncbi Identification of volatile compounds responsible for prune aroma in prematurely aged red wines
    Alexandre Pons
    R and D Division, Seguin Moreau SA, Z I Merpins, B P 94, 16103 Cognac, France
    J Agric Food Chem 56:5285-90. 2008
    ..The presence of 3-methyl-2,4-nonanedione was also detected in prunes for the first time...
  83. ncbi Odor-active compounds in cooked rice cultivars from Camargue (France) analyzed by GC-O and GC-MS
    Isabelle Maraval
    UMR Qualisud, CIRAD, 73 Rue J F Breton, Montpellier F 34398, France
    J Agric Food Chem 56:5291-8. 2008
    ..Hierarchical cluster analysis showed that most of the difference between rice odors was linked to quantitative differences with only 11 compounds being specific to some of the rice...
  84. ncbi Influence of the addition of raspberry seed extract on changes in the volatile pattern of stored model breakfast cereal
    Dorota Klensporf
    Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan, Wojska Polskiego 31, 60 624 Poznan, Poland
    J Agric Food Chem 56:3268-72. 2008
    ..The flavor dilution factor (FD) values for volatile lipid oxidation products were lower in samples with red raspberry seed extract added...
  85. ncbi Synergistic mixture interactions in detection of perithreshold odors by humans
    Toshio Miyazawa
    Flavor System and Technology Laboratory, R and D Control Division, Ogawa and Co Ltd, 15 7 Chidori Urayashu shi, Chiba 279 0032, Japan
    Chem Senses 33:363-9. 2008
    ....
  86. ncbi Antennal and behavioral responses of Cis boleti to fungal odor of Trametes gibbosa
    Prodpran Thakeow
    Institute of Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation, University of Gottingen, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Chem Senses 33:379-87. 2008
    ..Female beetles were significantly attracted to the (S)-(+)- enantiomer at 10 times lower doses than male beetles. Our finding is the first direct proof that ciid beetles use 1-octen-3-ol as a key cue for host finding...
  87. ncbi Stereoselective formation of the varietal aroma compound rose oxide during alcoholic fermentation
    Stephan Koslitz
    University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Valais, Department of Life Technologies, Sion, Switzerland
    J Agric Food Chem 56:1371-5. 2008
    ..This observation corroborates recent findings that the modification of terpene derived varietal aroma is an integral part of yeast metabolism and not only a simple hydrolytical process...
  88. ncbi Characterization of volatile aroma compounds in cooked black rice
    Dong Sik Yang
    University of Georgia, Plant Sciences Bldg, Athens, GA 30602 7273, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 56:235-40. 2008
    ..2-AP and guaiacol were major contributors to the unique character of black rice based on odor thresholds, relative concentrations, and olfactometry...
  89. ncbi Characterization of steam volatiles in the essential oil of black currant buds and the antioxidant properties of different bud extracts
    Asta Dvaranauskaite
    Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl 19, LT 50254, Kaunas, Lithuania
    J Agric Food Chem 56:3279-86. 2008
    ..The total amount of phenolic compounds expressed in gallic acid equivalents in FDWF varied in the range of 132-192 mg/g; in SDWF, 140-209 mg/g; in AE, 49-107 mg/g; and in ME extracts, 111-180 mg/g...
  90. ncbi In vitro and in vivo release of aroma compounds from yellow-fleshed kiwifruit
    Ellen N Friel
    HortResearch, Mount Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, New Zealand
    J Agric Food Chem 55:6664-73. 2007
    ..There were a number of similarities between the breath profiles of the two panelists, which confirmed the importance of DMS in "Hort16A" aroma...
  91. ncbi Comparison of three lychee cultivar odor profiles using gas chromatography-olfactometry and gas chromatography-sulfur detection
    Kanjana Mahattanatawee
    Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 55:1939-44. 2007
    ....
  92. ncbi Comparison of the amounts of volatile compounds in French protected designation of origin virgin olive oils
    Benoit Berlioz
    LCMBA, UMR CNRS 6001, , Parc Valrose, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
    J Agric Food Chem 54:10092-101. 2006
    ..PCA and SIMCA of chromatographic data were related to sensory analysis and led to a better understanding of the chemical features and observed sensory effects of olive oils...
  93. ncbi Identification of the volatile component(s) causing the characteristic foxy odor in various cultivars of Fritillaria imperialis L. (Liliaceae)
    Johannes Petrus Franciscus Gerardus Helsper
    Plant Research International PRI DLO, P O Box 16, and Agrotechnology and Food Innovations A and F DLO, P O Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    J Agric Food Chem 54:5087-91. 2006
    ..Chemical identification was substantiated by GC-O and GC-MS of an authentic standard of 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol, prepared by organic synthesis...
  94. ncbi Characterization of epoxydecenal isomers as potent odorants in black tea (Dimbula) infusion
    Kenji Kumazawa
    Ogawa and Company, Ltd, 15 7 Chidori Urayasushi, Chiba 279 0032, Japan
    J Agric Food Chem 54:4795-801. 2006
    ....
  95. ncbi Sniffing controls an adaptive filter of sensory input to the olfactory bulb
    Justus V Verhagen
    Department of Biology, Boston University, 24 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Nat Neurosci 10:631-9. 2007
    ..Mammals sample odors by sniffing, a complex behavior that controls odorant access to receptor neurons...
  96. ncbi Comparison of aroma volatiles in commercial Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon wines using gas chromatography-olfactometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
    Ozan Gurbuz
    Citrus Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 54:3990-6. 2006
    ..Merlot wines from both Australia and California contained 4-5 times more ethyl octanoate than Cabernet Sauvignon wines from the same sources...
  97. ncbi Studies on the aroma of five fresh tomato cultivars and the precursors of cis- and trans-4,5-epoxy-(E)-2-decenals and methional
    Florian Mayer
    Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U S Department of Agriculture, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 56:3749-57. 2008
    ..To help elucidate formation pathways of key odorants, labeled precursors were added to tomatoes. Biogenesis of cis- and trans-4,5-epoxy-( E)-2-decenals from linoleic acid and methional from methionine was confirmed...
  98. ncbi Volatile components and key odorants of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) oil extracts obtained by simultaneous distillation-extraction and supercritical fluid extraction
    M Consuelo Díaz-Maroto
    Area de Tecnologia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
    J Agric Food Chem 53:5385-9. 2005
    ..Thymol and carvacrol, with oregano, thyme, and spicy notes, were identified as key compounds contributing to the aroma of thyme leaves...
  99. ncbi Odorants generated by thermally induced degradation of phospholipids
    Jianming Lin
    Nestec Ltd, , Vers-chez-les-Blanc, P.O. Box 44, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
    J Agric Food Chem 51:4364-9. 2003
    ....
  100. ncbi Detection of fruit- and flower-emitted volatiles by olfactory receptor neurons in the polyphagous fruit chafer Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae)
    M C Stensmyr
    Department of Ecology, Lund University, Sweden
    J Comp Physiol A 187:509-19. 2001
    ..The results support the growing hypothesis that a significant proportion of plant-odor receptor neurons in insects are highly sensitive and selective for single odors.
  101. ncbi Comparison of two microalgal diets. 2. Influence on odorant composition and organoleptic qualities of raw oysters (Crassostrea gigas)
    Anne Laure Pennarun
    Laboratoire de Biochimie Alimentaire et Industrielle, Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs des Techniques des Industries Agro Alimentaire, rue de la Geraudiere, B P 82225, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
    J Agric Food Chem 51:2011-8. 2003
    ..Moreover, the organoleptic qualities (odor, taste, and texture) of oysters are modified by the diet of microalgae...

Research Grants97

  1. BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF OLFACTION
    Brian Smith; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..honeybee (Apis mellifera) as a model animal species for understanding mechanisms of behavioral plasticity toward odors. These animals are faced with the same types of olfactory problems as mammals...
  2. Molecular basis of olfactory perception.
    DAVID NIGEL JONES; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Female mosquitoes of the species Anopheles gambiae are feed almost exclusively on humans and use odors present in human sweat and skin to locate their targets and discriminate humans from other animals...
  3. Disruption of Host-Seeking Behavior in Aedes and Culex Mosquitoes using Odorants
    Anandasankar Ray; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..identify their human hosts primarily using olfactory cues like carbon dioxide in exhaled breath, as well as other odors present in skin emanations...
  4. Olfactory Circuits for Reproduction and Reward
    James A Cherry; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Moreover, despite evidence in animals that such biologically relevant odors may act as natural rewards, the routes through which odors are conveyed to the mesolimbic dopamine system that ..
  5. Olfactory Circuits for Reproduction and Reward
    James A Cherry; Fiscal Year: 2011
    ..Moreover, despite evidence in animals that such biologically relevant odors may act as natural rewards, the routes through which odors are conveyed to the mesolimbic dopamine system that ..
  6. Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
    DIEGO contact RESTREPO; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..the main olfactory epithelium also appears to be involved in detecting pheromones and other semiochemicals - odors involved in animal communication (Baxi et al., 2006;Buck, 2005;Lin et al., 2007;Lin et al., 2004)...
  7. Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
    Diego Restrepo; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..the main olfactory epithelium also appears to be involved in detecting pheromones and other semiochemicals - odors involved in animal communication (Baxi et al., 2006; Buck, 2005; Lin et al., 2007; Lin et al., 2004)...
  8. Multiple Mechanisms of Nasal Chemoreception
    Diego Restrepo; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..the main olfactory epithelium also appears to be involved in detecting pheromones and other semiochemicals - odors involved in animal communication (Baxi et al., 2006; Buck, 2005; Lin et al., 2007; Lin et al., 2004)...
  9. MECHANISMS OF OLFACTORY TRANSDUCTION
    John Teeter; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..our overall quality of life is becoming increasingly appreciated with advances in our understanding of how odors influence the enjoyment of food and beverages and our sense of well-being...
  10. Parasite / host interaction and the neurobiology of fear
    Robert M Sapolsky; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..evolved the capacity to, once having formed cysts in the brain, abolish the innate fear that rodents have of the odors of cats, and to convert that fear into an attraction;this increases the likelihood of the rodent being predated, ..
  11. Implementation of Microfluidic Automation for Large-Scale Searches of Olfactory N
    Albert Folch; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..to characterize the dynamics and the specificity of the responses of OSNs to a large variety of odorants, complex odors, and pheromones...
  12. Parasite / host interaction and the neurobiology of fear
    Robert Sapolsky; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..evolved the capacity to, once having formed cysts in the brain, abolish the innate fear that rodents have of the odors of cats, and to convert that fear into an attraction; this increases the likelihood of the rodent being predated, ..
  13. Implementation of Microfluidic Automation for Large-Scale Searches of Olfactory N
    Albert Folch; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..to characterize the dynamics and the specificity of the responses of OSNs to a large variety of odorants, complex odors, and pheromones...
  14. INTEGRATION OF CHEMOSENSORY AND HORMONAL STIMULI
    Ruth Wood; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Castration also reduces sexual motivation, as measured by interest in vaginal odors and preference for a receptive female...
  15. INTEGRATION OF CHEMOSENSORY AND HORMONAL STIMULI
    Ruth Wood; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Castration also reduces sexual motivation, as measured by interest in vaginal odors and preference for a receptive female...
  16. Molecular mechanisms of olfaction in mammals
    Linda B Buck; Fiscal Year: 2011
    ..information to yet other brain areas involved in odor perception and the emotional and physiological effects of odors. Odorant detection in mice is mediated by ~1000 different odorant receptors (ORs), each expressed by a different ..
  17. Molecular mechanisms of olfaction in mammals
    Linda Buck; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..information to yet other brain areas involved in odor perception and the emotional and physiological effects of odors. Odorant detection in mice is mediated by ~1000 different odorant receptors (ORs), each expressed by a different ..
  18. Molecular mechanisms of olfaction in mammals
    Linda Buck; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..information to yet other brain areas involved in odor perception and the emotional and physiological effects of odors. Odorant detection in mice is mediated by ~1000 different odorant receptors (ORs), each expressed by a different ..
  19. Molecular mechanisms of olfaction in mammals
    Linda B Buck; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..information to yet other brain areas involved in odor perception and the emotional and physiological effects of odors. Odorant detection in mice is mediated by ~1000 different odorant receptors (ORs), each expressed by a different ..
  20. Taste, smell, and feeding behavior in autism: A quantitative traits study
    Loisa Bennetto; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..processing, there is considerable evidence that children with autism show unusual responses to tastes and odors, and we have recently documented autism-specific impairments in psychophysiological tests of taste and odor ..
  21. Taste, smell, and feeding behavior in autism: A quantitative traits study
    Loisa Bennetto; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..processing, there is considerable evidence that children with autism show unusual responses to tastes and odors, and we have recently documented autism-specific impairments in psychophysiological tests of taste and odor ..
  22. Psychoneuroimmunology and Mind-Body Medicine
    Janice Kiecolt Glaser; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..This design will allow us to examine the ability of the odors to modulate autonomic, endocrine, and immune function, and health-relevant cutaneous responses...
  23. Contribution of Estradiol to Female Neural Development
    Michael Baum; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..no estradiol due to a targeted mutation in the aromatase gene, showed little interest in approaching volatile odors derived from conspecifics of either sex and showed low levels of sexual receptivity after adult treatment with ..
  24. MOLECULAR BASIS OF OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION
    Linda Buck; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..and discrimination of a vast number of structurally diverse odorants that are perceived as having different odors. On the other, it mediates the detection of pheromones, chemicals released from animals that stimulate ..
  25. Dynamics of glomerular coding in the olfactory bulb
    DALE M WACHOWIAK; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..by applicant): The goal of this research is to understand how the nervous system encodes information about odors. The sense of smell presents unique problems to the nervous system in terms of stimulus detection, neural encoding ..
  26. Dynamics of glomerular coding in the olfactory bulb
    DALE WACHOWIAK; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..by applicant): The goal of this research is to understand how the nervous system encodes information about odors. The sense of smell presents unique problems to the nervous system in terms of stimulus detection, neural encoding ..
  27. STRUCT/FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR GENES
    Barbara Trask; Fiscal Year: 2002
    Our ability to smell thousands of different odors is mediated by a large repertoire of odorant receptors (OR) expressed on sensory neurons in the nose. The Ors bind odorous molecules and transmit this information to the brain...
  28. Neural substrates of taste, smell and flavor in humans
    DANA SMALL; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..brain response in healthy human volunteer subjects to tastes presented in isolation and tastes presented with odors. The neural substrates of taste must code for three major perceptual dimensions of taste; namely, intensity, ..
  29. Unconventional receptor neurons in nasal epithelia
    ANNELOTTE HANSEN; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The common view attributes ciliated receptor neurons to the main olfactory epithelium to detect mainly food odors and microvillus receptor neurons to the vomeronasal organ to detect sexual/social cues...
  30. Molecular basis of olfactory perception.
    David Jones; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Female mosquitoes of the species Anopheles gambiae are feed almost exclusively on humans and use odors present in human sweat and skin to locate their targets and discriminate humans from other animals...
  31. Molecular basis of olfactory perception.
    David Jones; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Female mosquitoes of the species Anopheles gambiae are feed almost exclusively on humans and use odors present in human sweat and skin to locate their targets and discriminate humans from other animals...
  32. GENETIC AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF OLFACTION
    John R Carlson; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The behavior elicited by pairs of odors is then analyzed...
  33. Glycoconjugates in Cell Cell Interactions
    GERALD SCHWARTING; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Most mammalian species, including humans, have the ability to distinguish thousands of different odors. This ability is encoded in the organized connections made between olfactory sensory neurons in the nasal cavity ..
  34. BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF OLFACTION
    Brian Smith; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..honeybee (Apis mellifera) as a model animal species for understanding mechanisms of behavioral plasticity toward odors. These animals are faced with the same types of olfactory problems as mammals...
  35. DIFFERENTIATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
    Michael Baum; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..The central hypothesis to be tested is that the processing of volatile odors, arising from sexually active conspecifics, by neurons located in different segments of the main olfactory ..
  36. Contribution of Estradiol to Female Neural Development
    Michael Baum; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..the outcome of Aim 1 will reverse adult deficits (previously seen in ArKO females) in the investigation of urinary odors and in sexual behavior...