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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Title:		Analysis of chemical signals by nervous systems
Author(s):		Hildebrand JG;
Address:		"Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721"
Journal Title:		Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:		1995
Volume:		92
Issue:		1
Page Number:		67 - 74
DOI:		10.1073/pnas.92.1.67
ISSN/ISBN:		0027-8424 (Print) 1091-6490 (Electronic) 0027-8424 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Intraspecific and interspecific communication and recognition depend on olfaction in widely diverse species of animals. Olfaction, an ancient sensory modality, is based on principles of neural organization and function that appear to be remarkably similar throughout the zoosphere. Thus, the 'primitives' of olfactory stimuli that determine the input information of olfaction, the kinds of 'molecular images' formed at various levels in the olfactory pathway, and the cellular mechanisms that underlie olfactory information processing are comparable in invertebrates and vertebrates alike. A case in point is the male-specific olfactory subsystem in moths, which is specialized to detect and analyze the qualitative, quantitative, and temporal features of the con-specific females' sex-pheromonal chemical signal. This olfactory subsystem can be viewed, and is here presented, as a model in which common principles of organization and function of olfactory systems in general are exaggerated to serve the requirements of a chemical communication system that is crucial for reproductive success"
Keywords:		"*Animal Communication Animals Chemoreceptor Cells/*physiology Female Invertebrates Male Moths/physiology *Nervous System Physiological Phenomena Olfactory Pathways/*physiology Pheromones/physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology *Signal Transduction S;"
Notes:		"MedlineHildebrand, J G eng AI-23252/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ DC-00348/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ NS-28495/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review 1995/01/03 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Jan 3; 92(1):67-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.1.67"