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Behavioral Assays in the Study of Olfaction: A Practical Guide

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Olfactory Receptors

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1820))

Abstract

Olfaction is a fundamental sense in most animal species. In mammals, the olfactory system comprises several subpopulations of sensory neurons located throughout the nasal cavity, which detect a variety of chemostimuli, including odorants, intraspecies and interspecies chemical communication cues. Some of these compounds are important for regulating innate and learned behaviors, and endocrine changes in response to other animals in the environment. With a particular focus on laboratory rodent species, this chapter provides a comprehensive description of the most important behavioral assays used for studying the olfactory system, and is meant to be a practical guide for those who study olfaction-mediated behaviors or who have an interest in deciphering the molecular, cellular, or neural mechanisms through which the sense of smell controls the generation of adaptive behavioral outputs.

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Papes, F., Nakahara, T.S., Camargo, A.P. (2018). Behavioral Assays in the Study of Olfaction: A Practical Guide. In: Simoes de Souza, F., Antunes, G. (eds) Olfactory Receptors. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1820. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8609-5_21

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