Neural activity patterns in the chemosensory network encoding vomeronasal and olfactory information in mice.

ABSTRACT: Rodents detect chemical information mainly through the olfactory and vomeronasal systems, which play complementary roles to orchestrate appropriate behavioral responses. To characterize the integration of chemosensory information, we have performed electrophysiological and c-Fos studies of the bulbo-amygdalar network in freely behaving female mice exploring neutral or conspecific stimuli. We hypothesize that processing conspecifics stimuli requires both chemosensory systems, and thus our results will show shared patterns of activity in olfactory and vomeronasal structures. Were the hypothesis not true, the activity of the vomeronasal structures would be independent of that of the main olfactory system. In the c-Fos analysis, we assessed the activation elicited by neutral olfactory or male

SUBMITTER: Pardo-Bellver C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9479637 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature