Volume 8 Supplement 3

The chemical senses: recent advances and new promises

Reviews

Edited by Steven D Munger

The sense of smell, its signalling pathways, and the dichotomy of cilia and microvilli in olfactory sensory cells

Smell is often regarded as an ancillary perception in primates, who seem so dominated by their sense of vision. In this paper, we will portray some aspects of the significance of olfaction to human life and sp...

Authors: Rebecca Elsaesser and Jacques Paysan

Citation: BMC Neuroscience 2007 8(Suppl 3):S1

Content type: Review

Published on: 18 September 2007
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Co-regulation of a large and rapidly evolving repertoire of odorant receptor genes

The olfactory system meets niche- and species-specific demands by an accelerated evolution of its odorant receptor repertoires. In this review, we describe evolutionary processes that have shaped olfactory and...

Authors: Marijo B Kambere and Robert P Lane

Citation: BMC Neuroscience 2007 8(Suppl 3):S2

Content type: Review

Published on: 18 September 2007
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Behavioral genetics and taste

This review focuses on behavioral genetic studies of sweet, umami, bitter and salt taste responses in mammals. Studies involving mouse inbred strain comparisons and genetic analyses, and their impact on elucid...

Authors: John D Boughter Jr and Alexander A Bachmanov

Citation: BMC Neuroscience 2007 8(Suppl 3):S3

Content type: Review

Published on: 18 September 2007
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Factors that regulate embryonic gustatory development

Numerous molecular factors orchestrate the development of the peripheral taste system. The unique anatomy/function of the taste system makes this system ideal for understanding the mechanisms by which these fa...

Authors: Robin F Krimm

Citation: BMC Neuroscience 2007 8(Suppl 3):S4

Content type: Review

Published on: 18 September 2007
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The neural processing of taste

Although there have been many recent advances in the field of gustatory neurobiology, our knowledge of how the nervous system is organized to process information about taste is still far from complete. Many st...

Authors: Christian H Lemon and Donald B Katz

Citation: BMC Neuroscience 2007 8(Suppl 3):S5

Content type: Review

Published on: 18 September 2007
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The chemical senses: recent advances and new promises

Reviews

The sense of smell, its signalling pathways, and the dichotomy of cilia and microvilli in olfactory sensory cells

Co-regulation of a large and rapidly evolving repertoire of odorant receptor genes

Behavioral genetics and taste

Factors that regulate embryonic gustatory development

The neural processing of taste

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