Interactions between the mammalian main and accessory olfactory systems

• Main Author: Micheal Baum (auth)
• Other Authors: Jorge A Larriva-Sahd (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; sensory interactions; accessory olfactory system; main olfactory system; Ordor; Pheromones
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The functional cross-talk and structural interaction between the main and accessory olfactory bulb is a central problem in mammalian sensory neurobiology. The early supposition that volatile substances and pheromones, most of them hydrosoluble molecules, are exclusively sensed and decoded by the mai...