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Sensory Representation Of Social Stimuli In Aromatase Expressing Neurons In The Medial Amygdala, Charles J. Gualtieri
Sensory Representation Of Social Stimuli In Aromatase Expressing Neurons In The Medial Amygdala, Charles J. Gualtieri
Masters Theses
The ability of animals to sense, interpret, and respond appropriately to social stimuli in their environment is essential for identifying and distinguishing between members of their own species. In mammals, social interactions both within and across species play a key role in determining if an animal will live to pass on its genes to the next generation or else be removed from the gene pool. The result of this selection pressure can be observed in specialized neural circuits that respond to social stimuli and orchestrate appropriate behavioral responses. This highly conserved network of brain structures is often referred to as …
A Precise Steroid-Responsive Centrifugal Feedback Projection To The Accessory Olfactory Bulb, Tal Inbar
A Precise Steroid-Responsive Centrifugal Feedback Projection To The Accessory Olfactory Bulb, Tal Inbar
Masters Theses
The accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) processes pheromonal signals which in turn drive social behaviors. Here we identify a tract of aromatase-expressing (arom+) fibers in the dorsal lateral olfactory tract (dLOT) which terminate in the granule cell layer (GCL) of the AOB. We utilized a retrograde tracer in aromatase reporter animals to delineate the source of these fibers. We show that these input fibers emerge almost exclusively from a contiguous population of arom+ neurons that spans the bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract (BAOT) and posterioventral subnucleus of the medial amygdala (MeApv). This population of neurons expresses the estrogen receptor …