| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 265 pages) : illustrations (some color) cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Evolution. 1.1. Phylogeny. 1.2. Distribution. 1.3. Reptiles. 1.4. Mammals. 1.5. Monosmic status -- ch. 2. Functional morphology. 2.1. Comparative anatomy -- ch. 3. Chemosignals. 3.1. Separation, identification and bioassay. 3.2. External transmission. 3.3 Internal transmission -- ch. 4. Development. 4.1. Peripheral, central and non-sensory development. 4.2. Continuous and delayed neurogenesis. 4.3. Stimulus access. 4.4. Neurocrine cell migration. 4.5. Functional maturation. 4.6. General -- ch. 5. Physiology. 5.1. Activation of the AOS. 5.2. Deafferentation (mammals). 5.3. Neuroendocrinology -- ch. 6. Molecular biology. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Structures. 6.3. Regional expression. 6.4. Human VN genes. 6.5. Chromosomal distribution. 6.6. Cellular expression -- ch. 7. Behaviour. 7.1. Chemoinvestigation and stimulus uptake. 7.2. Inter-specific interactions. 7.3. Socio-sexual interactions |
| Summary |
The vomeronasal organ is an olfactory structure in the nose, originally described in 1813 by the Danish court veterinarian Ludwig Jacobson. After some 150 years interest in it was reawakened, following the discovery of its key role in social and sexual responses. The organ serves to alert the emotional brain to the presence of specific semiochemicals or signal molecules, which identify sex or status. Typically, such scents elicit responses at a non-conscious level - altering internal chemistry (hormones) in reaction to odours from the social environment (pheromones). The importance of vomerolfaction has recently been confirmed by findings on the genetic basis of smell. This book surveys the biology of the "Organ of Jacobson" from toads to tamarins. It provides an analysis of the neural pathway which processes pheromonal information delivered by the "second nose" to the brain. Vomeronasal olfaction is examined in its evolutionary perspective, from molecular capture of scents to the consequent changes in reproductive activity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chemical senses.
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Jacobson's organ.
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Pheromones.
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Pheromones -- Receptors.
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Vomeronasal Organ -- physiology
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Chemoreceptor Cells -- physiology
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Chemoreceptors -- physiology
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Pheromones
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Chemical senses
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Jacobson's organ
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Pheromones
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Pheromones -- Receptors
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781860949418 |
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186094941X |
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1281866806 |
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9781281866806 |
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9781860942693 |
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1860942695 |
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9786611866808 |
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6611866809 |
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