| Title: | Behavioral Assays in the Study of Olfaction: A Practical Guide |
| Author(s): | Papes F; Nakahara TS; Camargo AP; |
| Address: | "Department of Genetics and Evolution, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. papesf@unicamp.br. Department of Genetics and Evolution, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4939-8609-5_21 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1940-6029 (Electronic) 1064-3745 (Linking) |
| 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" |
| Keywords: | "Adaptation, Psychological/*physiology Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Mice *Odorants Olfactory Perception/*physiology Rats Smell/*physiology Innate behavior Odorant Olfactory behavior Pheromone;" |
| Notes: | "MedlinePapes, Fabio Nakahara, Thiago S Camargo, Antonio P eng 2018/06/10 Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1820:289-388. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8609-5_21" |
