Odor Responses of the Vomeronasal System in Reeve's Turtle,Geoclemys reevesii
作者:
Tsuneo Hatanaka,
Osamu Matsuzaki,
期刊:
Brain, Behavior and Evolution
(Karger Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 41,
issue 3-5
页码: 183-186
ISSN:0006-8977
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1159/000113836
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Vomeronasal organ;Accessory olfactory bulb;Induced wave;Odor response;Receptor cell number;Turtles;Unitary response
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The number of vomeronasal receptor cells and olfactory receptor cells were determined in several turtles and tortoises. Using semi-aquatic turtles with developed vomeronasal organs, neural responses to various odor stimuli were recorded as extracellular unitary spike responses of vomeronasal receptor cells, compound action potentials from vomeronasal nerve twigs, induced wave responses on the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) surface and unitary responses of AOB neurons. The vomeronasal system in turtles responded to various volatile and non-volatile chemicals. These results yield insights concerning functions of the vomeronasal organ in semi-aquatic turtles.
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