Response accuracy and odor sampling time in mice trained to discriminate between enantiomers of carvone and those of terpinen-4-ol.

abstract：:Many rodents are now known to exhibit an obligate proteinuria that delivers urine-mediated chemosignals. In this paper, we explore the urinary proteins of the Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii). Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of urine from individual male and female Roborovsk...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Turton MJ,Robertson DH,Smith JR,Hurst JL,Beynon RJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity and obesity-related disorders such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic syndrome has increased significantly in the past decades, reaching epidemic levels and therefore becoming a major health issue worldwide. Chronic overeating of highly palatable foods is one of the main responsible aspec...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Tarragon E,Moreno JJ

更新日期：2017-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, olfaction can fail in any of three ways: (i) decreased sensitivity (hyposmia, anosmia) and two types of distortion (dysosmia); (ii) distorted quality of an odorant stimulation (troposmia); (iii) perceived odor when no odorant is present (phantosmia, hallucination). The distortions are usually much more ups...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Leopold D

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chum salmon captured at the coastal sea and the natal river, the magnitudes of the olfactory nerve responses to the amino acids after perfusion of the olfactory epithelium with artificial pond water (APW) were similar to those after perfusion with artificial sea water (ASW), although the concentrations of Na+, Cl- ...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Shoji T,Fujita K,Ban M,Hiroi O,Ueda H,Kurihara K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined taste thresholds for copper as its speciation was varied among free cupric ion, complexed cupric ion, and precipitated cupric particles. The impact of copper chemistry on taste is important as copper is added to many beverages and can be present in drinking water as a natural mineral or due to co...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Cuppett JD,Duncan SE,Dietrich AM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyzed 42 organic solvent extracts of scent mark pools from five dominant female common marmosets by gas chromatography (GC) and combined GC and mass spectrometry. We determined whether there were qualitative or quantitative differences between the chemical composition of scent marks from individua...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Smith TE,Tomlinson AJ,Mlotkiewicz JA,Abbott DH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Ca(2+) in insect olfactory transduction was studied in the moth Spodoptera littoralis. Single sensillum recordings were made to investigate in vivo the role of sensillar Ca(2+) on the electrophysiological properties of sex pheromone responsive olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). Lowering the sensillar Ca(2+...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Pézier A,Acquistapace A,Renou M,Rospars JP,Lucas P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to explore the cross-modal cognitive associations between smell and taste, a chemosensory analogue of the Stroop task (Stroop 1935) was developed. Fourteen participants were presented with an odorant and a tastant and asked to identify the tastant as "sweet" or "sour" by pressing 1 of 2 buttons as quickly as ...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： White TL,Prescott J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since starch is a significant part of human diet, its oral detection would be highly beneficial. This study was designed to determine whether starch or its degradation products can be tasted and what factors influence its perception. Subjects were asked 1) to taste 8% raw and cooked starch samples for 5, 15, and 35 s ...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Lapis TJ,Penner MH,Balto AS,Lim J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arecoline, a major alkaloid in areca nuts, is involved in the pathogenesis of oral diseases. Mammalian taste buds are the structural unit for detecting taste stimuli in the oral cavity. The effects of arecoline on taste bud morphology are poorly understood. Arecoline was injected intraperitoneally (IP) into C57BL/6 mi...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Peng WH,Chau YP,Lu KS,Kung HN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that women outperform men in core aspects of odor perception, and sex hormones may play a significant role in moderating this effect. The gender-affirming treatment (GAT) of transgender persons constitutes a powerful natural experiment to study the psychological and behavioral effects of high dosages...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Kranz GS,Kaufmann U,Lanzenberger R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral taste receptor cells depend on distinct calcium signals to generate appropriate cellular responses that relay taste information to the central nervous system. Some taste cells have conventional chemical synapses and rely on calcium influx through voltage-gated calcium channels. Other taste cells lack these ...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Medler KF

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study potential mixture interactions among bitter compounds, selected sodium salts were added to five compounds presented either alone or as binary bitter-compound mixtures. Each compound was tested at a concentration that elicited 'weak' perceived bitterness. The bitter compounds were mixed at these conce...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Keast RS,Canty TM,Breslin PA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito control is essential to protect humans from mosquito-borne diseases. The host recognition between mosquitoes and humans is achieved by the mosquito olfactory system. Antennal sensilla, which house olfactory receptor neurons, are responsible for detecting chemical cues from hosts. To deepen our understanding o...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Ye Z,Liu F,Liu N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional regulation is an important mechanism by which neurons adapt to environmental stimuli. The indirect dopamine agonists, amphetamine and cocaine have been shown to induce expression of immediate early genes, such as c-fos, and neuropeptide genes, such as prodynorphin in the rat striatum. Here we show that...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Hyman SE,Cole RL,Konradi C,Kosofsky BE

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments assessed potential changes in the rat's perception of sodium chloride (NaCl) during a state of sodium appetite. In Experiment 1, sodium-sufficient rats licking a range of NaCl concentrations (0.028-0.89M) in 15s trials showed an inverted U-shaped concentration response function peaking at 0.281M. Dep...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： St John SJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 experiments designed to investigate the effect of people's prior beliefs concerning specific color-flavor associations on their ability to discriminate the flavor of colored sugar-coated chocolate sweets. The participants in our study judged whether pairs of Smarties had the same flavor or not. In our firs...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Levitan CA,Zampini M,Li R,Spence C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione, a natural substance, acts on calcium receptors on the tongue and is known to enhance basic taste sensations. However, the effects of glutathione on brain activity associated with taste sensation on the tongue have not been determined under standardized taste delivery conditions. In this study, we investig...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Goto TK,Yeung AW,Tanabe HC,Ito Y,Jung HS,Ninomiya Y

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When one taste (masker) is strong enough, it can completely mask another task (target) of different quality. How strong the masker must be to do this depends on how strong the target is. As the target concentration is increased, the masking concentration must be increased, too, but in ever-increasing proportion. To qu...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Stevens JC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to compare olfactory functions of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Olfactory threshold, odor identification ability and odor memory performance were assessed in 21 non-demented PD patients and in 22 AD patients. Both patient groups were im...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Lehrner JP,Brücke T,Dal-Bianco P,Gatterer G,Kryspin-Exner I

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antisense DNA method has been used successfully to block the expression of specific genes in vivo in neuronal systems. An increasing number of studies in the last few years have shown that antisense DNA administered directly into the brain can modify various kinds of behaviors. These findings strongly suggest that...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Ogawa S,Pfaff DW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terminal nerve, which innervates the nasal epithelia of most jawed vertebrates, is believed to release neuropeptides that modulate activity of sensory receptor neurons. The terminal nerve usually contains gonadotropin-releasing hormone as well as at least one other peptide that has not been characterized, but whic...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Park D,Zawacki SR,Eisthen HL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in oral sensation presumably influences ingestive behaviors through sensations arising from foods and beverages. Here, we investigated the influence of taste phenotype [6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) bitterness, fungiform papillae (FP) density] on sweet and creamy sensations from sugar/fat mixtures. Sev...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Hayes JE,Duffy VB

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 20 normal and four anosmic participants, instantaneous inhalation and exhalation flow rates were recorded in response to 15 s stimulations with clean air or propionic acid concentrations (0.16, 1.14, 8.22 and 59.15 p.p.m., v/v) that ranged from peri-threshold for normals to clearly supra-threshold for anosmics. Eac...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Walker JC,Kendal-Reed M,Hall SB,Morgan WT,Polyakov VV,Lutz RW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have indicated that the chemical cues from body odors (BOs) of donors experiencing negative emotions can influence the psychophysiological and behavioral response of the observers. However, these olfactory cues have been used mainly as contextual information for processing visual stimuli. Here, for the fi...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Ferreira J,Parma V,Alho L,Silva CF,Soares SC

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is important for activating accessory olfactory pathways that are involved in sexually dimorphic mating behavior. The VNO of male garter snakes is critically important for detection of, and response to, female sex pheromones. In the present study, under voltage-clamp conditions, male snake ...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Huang GZ,Zhang JJ,Wang D,Mason RT,Halpern M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sense of smell deteriorates in normal aging, but the underling mechanisms are still elusive. Here we investigated age-related alterations in expression patterns of odorant receptor (OR) genes and functional properties of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs)-2 critical factors that define the odor detection threshold i...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Lee AC,Tian H,Grosmaitre X,Ma M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In social insects, recognition of nestmates from aliens is based on olfactory cues, and many studies have demonstrated that such cues are contained within the lipid layer covering the insect cuticle. These lipids are usually a complex mixture of tens of compounds in which aliphatic hydrocarbons are generally the major...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Dani FR,Jones GR,Corsi S,Beard R,Pradella D,Turillazzi S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Honeybees rely on nectar as their main source of carbohydrates. Sucrose, glucose, and fructose are the main components of plant nectars. Intriguingly, honeybees express only 3 putative sugar receptors (AmGr1, AmGr2, and AmGr3), which is in stark contrast to many other insects and vertebrates. The sugar receptors are o...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Değirmenci L,Geiger D,Rogé Ferreira FL,Keller A,Krischke B,Beye M,Steffan-Dewenter I,Scheiner R

更新日期：2020-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemosensory receptors, including odor, taste, and vomeronasal receptors, comprise the largest group of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the mammalian genome. However, little is known about the molecular determinants that are critical for the detection and discrimination of ligands by most of these receptors. Th...

journal_title：Chemical senses

authors： Nie Y,Hobbs JR,Vigues S,Olson WJ,Conn GL,Munger SD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00