«Other animals and
other olfactory systems might have evolved an alternative strategy,» he says.
Not exact matches
Moreover, each necklace neuron expresses multiple types of MS4A receptors, in stark contrast to the one - receptor - per - neuron rule that organizes insect and
other mammalian
olfactory systems.
This specificity allowed the researchers to characterize the effect of Ggamma13 deletion on the
olfactory system without interference from changes in
other tissues.
As it happens, the
olfactory system actually has two parts: One detects general odors, and the
other, the pheromonic
system, detects very specific, strong odors given off by
other animals (usually of the same species), typically related to fear or mating.
Because smell recognition often requires input from
other senses, Jim is particularly interested in knowing how that input makes its way into the
olfactory system.
In
other words, stimulating and trying to re-train the
olfactory system may help, especially if begun within 12 months after the onset of the disorder.
In indigenous Australians and Papua New Guineans, mingling with the Denisovans (the «
other Neanderthal,» an ancestral human living primarily in Asia) introduced genes related to «spermatogenesis, fertilization, cold acclimation, circadian rhythm, development of brain, neural tube, face, and
olfactory pit, immunity,» as well as «female pregnancy, development of face, lung, heart, skin, nervous
system, and male gonad, visual and smell perception, response to heat, pain, hypoxia, and UV, lipid transport, metabolism, blood coagulation, wound healing, aging.»
Some studies on
other species show that lateral biases can extend to the
olfactory system, she says, and further research is in order with dogs.
Second, some breeds have far more developed
olfactory systems than
others.