A nose by any other name (should smell as sweetly).
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Abstract
The standard view that the control of mating behavior by pheromones is mediated by the vomeronasal organ, and not by the main olfactory epithelium, has recently been called into question. In this issue of Cell, two independent studies (Boehm et al., 2005; Yoon et al., 2005) examine the inputs from each of these olfactory pathways to a population of neurons that plays a central role in mating behavior.
Medical subject headings
- Olfactory Pathways
- Sexual Behavior, Animal