Lack of spatial segregation in the representation of pheromones and kairomones in the mouse medial amygdala

• Published in: Frontiers in neuroscience Vol. 9; p. 283
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Vinicius M. A., Nakahara, Thiago S., Cardozo, Leonardo M., Souza, Mateus A. A., Camargo, Antonio P., Trintinalia, Guilherme Z., Ferraz, Eliana, Papes, Fabio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 11.08.2015; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Activity patterns; Amygdala; Animal behavior; Biology; c-Fos protein; higher-order representation; Information processing; Kairomones; Nervous system; Neural coding; Neurons; Odor; Olfaction; Peptides; Pheromones; Physiology; Sense organs; Sensory evaluation; Sex discrimination; Smell; Vomeronasal Organ; Brazil; vomeronasal organ; olfaction; amygdala; kairomone; pheromone; higher-order representation

The nervous system is organized to detect, internally represent and process sensory information to generate appropriate behaviors. Despite the crucial importance of odors that elicit instinctive behaviors, such as pheromones and kairomones, their neural representation remains little characterized in...