How our brain is wired and subsequently generates functional output, ranging from sensing
and locomotion to emotion, decision‐making and learning and memory, remains poorly …

The olfactory bulb (OB) is the first relay station of the central olfactory system in the
mammalian brain and contains a few thousand glomeruli on its surface. Because individual …

The olfactory system's ability to detect and discriminate between the vast array of chemicals
present in the environment is critical for an animal's survival. In mammals, the first step of this …

Carrion smell is strongly repugnant to humans and triggers distinct innate behaviors in many
other species. This smell is mainly carried by two small aliphatic diamines, putrescine and …

Systematic map** studies involving 365 odorant chemicals have shown that glomerular
responses in the rat olfactory bulb are organized spatially in patterns that are related to the …

A chiral structure is one for which the mirror-image form cannot be superimposed on the
original by rotation or translation; the two forms are enantiomers. Chirality is pervasive in …

We investigated strategies involved in odour intensity coding by the primary olfactory centre
of insects, the antennal lobe (AL), the structural and functional analogue of the olfactory …

The fish olfactory system processes odor signals and mediates behaviors that are crucial for
survival such as foraging, courtship, and alarm response. Although the upstream olfactory …

Electrophysiological responses of goldfish olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) and goldfish
behavioral responses to polyamines were investigated in vivo. Electro-olfactogram (EOG) …

Ants rely heavily on olfaction for communication and orientation. Here we provide the first
detailed structure–function analyses within an ant's central olfactory system asking whether …