Abstract
The vomeronasal organ detects chemical cues that trigger sexual, aggressive and defensive behaviors. An in situ hybridization analysis has identified the specificities of nearly a hundred VNO receptors and elucidated the logic by which they encode these cues.
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MeSH terms
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Animals
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Birds
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Chemoreceptor Cells / drug effects
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Chemoreceptor Cells / metabolism*
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Cues
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Early Growth Response Protein 1 / genetics
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Early Growth Response Protein 1 / metabolism
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Female
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Male
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Mammals
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Mice
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Odorants
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Pheromones / metabolism
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Pheromones / pharmacology
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Receptors, Odorant / metabolism
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Sex Characteristics
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Species Specificity
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Vomeronasal Organ / drug effects
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Vomeronasal Organ / physiology*
Substances
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Early Growth Response Protein 1
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Egr1 protein, mouse
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Pheromones
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Receptors, Odorant