Boehm Ulrich
Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Neural Signal Transduction, Falkenried 94, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2006 Aug;17(4):471-9. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.04.013. Epub 2006 May 2.
The vomeronasal pathway in rodents runs parallel to the main olfactory pathway and mediates responses to different classes of chemosensory stimuli. Both olfactory systems can converge and synergize to control reproductive behaviors and hormonal changes triggered by chemosensory cues. Novel experimental approaches expressing genetic transneuronal tracers in hypothalamic neurons regulating reproduction have set the stage to analyze how chemosensory inputs are integrated in the brain to elicit reproductive behaviors and hormonal changes, and how neuroendocrine status might modulate susceptibility to chemosensory cues.
啮齿动物的犁鼻器通路与主要嗅觉通路平行，介导对不同类型化学感觉刺激的反应。两个嗅觉系统可以汇聚并协同作用，以控制由化学感觉线索引发的生殖行为和激素变化。在调节生殖的下丘脑神经元中表达基因跨神经元示踪剂的新型实验方法，为分析化学感觉输入如何在大脑中整合以引发生殖行为和激素变化，以及神经内分泌状态如何调节对化学感觉线索的敏感性奠定了基础。
