Neuropharmacology : Odorants may arouse instinctive behaviours
Neuropharmacology : Odorants may arouse instinctive behaviours
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London: Nature Publishing
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The prevailing view of the mammalian olfactory system is that odorants are detected only in the nasal olfactory epithelium, whereas pheromones are generally detected in the vomeronasal organ. Here we show that vomeronasal neurons can actually detect both odorants and pheromones. This suggests that in mammals, as in insects, odorous compounds releas...
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Neuropharmacology : Odorants may arouse instinctive behaviours
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/35084137
