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• Functional Evolution of Duplicated Odorant-Binding Protein Genes, Obp57d and Obp57e, in Drosophila

  Authors:Eriko Harada, Jun Nakagawa, Tsunaki Asano, Masato Taoka, Hiroyuki Sorimachi, Yoshihiro Ito, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20126,904 words Article 1420LAuthor(s): Eriko Harada 1 , Jun Nakagawa 2 , Tsunaki Asano 1 , Masato Taoka 3 , Hiroyuki Sorimachi 4 , Yoshihiro Ito 5 , Toshiro Aigaki 1 , Takashi Matsuo 6 , * Introduction In insects, olfaction and gustation...

• Molecular and Functional Characterization of Odorant-Binding Protein Genes in an Invasive Vector Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

  Authors:Yuhua Deng, Hui Yan, Jinbao Gu, Jiabao Xu, Kun Wu, Zhijian Tu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 23, 20136,740 words Article 1350LAuthor(s): Yuhua Deng 1, Hui Yan 1, Jinbao Gu 1, Jiabao Xu 1, Kun Wu 1, Zhijian Tu 2, Anthony A. James 3, Xiaoguang Chen 1,* Introduction Dengue is an emerging acute infectious disease transmitted by Aedes...

• Nasal Chemosensory-Stimulation Evoked Activity Patterns in the Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Visualized by In Vivo Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging

  Authors:Markus Rothermel, Benedict Shien Wei Ng, Agnieszka Grabska-Barwinska, Hanns Hatt, and Dirk JanckeFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19, 20117,051 words Article 1490LMammalian nasal chemosensation is predominantly mediated by two independent neuronal pathways, the olfactory and the trigeminal system. Within the early olfactory system, spatiotemporal responses of the olfactory bulb...

• Urinary Volatile Compounds as Biomarkers for Lung Cancer: A Proof of Principle Study Using Odor Signatures in Mouse Models of Lung Cancer

  Authors:Koichi Matsumura, Maryanne Opiekun, Hiroaki Oka, Anil Vachani, Steven M. Albelda, Kunio Yamazaki, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 27, 20108,728 words Report 1440LA potential strategy for diagnosing lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related death, is to identify metabolic signatures (biomarkers) of the disease. Although data supports the hypothesis that volatile compounds...

• Direct Behavioral Evidence for Retronasal Olfaction in Rats

  Authors:Shree Hari Gautam and Justus V. VerhagenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 6, 20126,987 words Article 1600LThe neuroscience of flavor perception is becoming increasingly important to understand abnormal feeding behaviors and associated chronic diseases such as obesity. Yet, flavor research has mainly depended on human...

• Caste-Specific Expression Patterns of Immune Response and Chemosensory Related Genes in the Leaf-Cutting Ant, Atta vollenweideri

  From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 15, 201311,933 words Article 1410LLeaf-cutting ants are evolutionary derived social insects with elaborated division of labor and tremendous colony sizes with millions of workers. Their social organization is mainly based on olfactory communication...

• Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Dependent Inhibition as a Broad Basis for Opponent Coding in Mammalian Olfactory Receptor Neurons

  Authors:Kirill Ukhanov, Elizabeth A. Corey, and Barry W. AcheFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 9, 20137,250 words Article 1620LPhosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling has been implicated in mediating inhibitory odorant input to mammalian olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). To better understand the breadth of such inhibition in odor coding, we...

• Photoperiod Mediated Changes in Olfactory Bulb Neurogenesis and Olfactory Behavior in Male White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus)

  Authors:James C. Walton, Leah M. Pyter, Zachary M. Weil, and Randy J. NelsonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 9, 20126,006 words Article 1570LBrain plasticity, in relation to new adult mammalian neurons generated in the subgranular zone of the hippocampus, has been well described. However, the functional outcome of new adult olfactory neurons born in the...

• Analysis of the Antennal Transcriptome and Insights into Olfactory Genes in Hyphantria cunea (Drury)

  Authors:Long-Wa Zhang, Ke Kang, Shi-Chang Jiang, Ya-Nan Zhang, Tian-Tian Wang, Jing Zhang, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 14, 201610,451 words Article 1410LHyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) is an invasive insect pest which, in China, causes unprecedented damage and economic losses due to its extreme fecundity and wide host range, including forest and shade...

• Newborn Rabbit Perception of 6-Odorant Mixtures Depends on Configural Processing and Number of Familiar Elements

  Authors:Sebastien Romagny, Thierry Thomas-Danguin, and Gerard CoureaudFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 23, 20148,253 words Article 1470LPerception of odors, i.e. usually of mixtures of odorants, is elemental (the odorants' odor qualities are perceived in the mixture) or configural (the odor quality of the mixture differs from the one of each odorant)....

• Engineers of scent: companies exploring biotech approaches to flavor and fragrance production must navigate challenges in regulations, market dynamics and public perception

  Author:Emily WaltzFrom:Nature Biotechnology (Vol. 33, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20154,086 words Article 1390LThe first flavor and fragrance ingredients made with metabolically engineered microorganisms are reaching consumers, and potentially many more such ingredients will follow. Commercial production of biotech-derived...

• Effect of Aging on Hedonic Appreciation of Pleasant and Unpleasant Odors

  Authors:Pauline Joussain, Marc Thevenet, Catherine Rouby, and Moustafa BensafiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 24, 20135,426 words Report 1510LAuthor(s): Pauline Joussain *, Marc Thevenet, Catherine Rouby, Moustafa Bensafi * Introduction One important aspect of olfaction is its salient affective dimension that can entail withdrawal or approach behaviors...

• Mammalian odorant receptor tuning breadth persists across distinct odorant panels

  Authors:Devin Kepchia, Benjamin Sherman, Rafi Haddad, and Charles W. LuetjeFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 25, 20176,751 words Report 1420LThe molecular receptive range (MRR) of a mammalian odorant receptor (OR) is the set of odorant structures that activate the OR, while the distribution of these odorant structures across odor space is the tuning breadth...

• Humans and Mice Express Similar Olfactory Preferences

  Authors:Nathalie Mandairon, Johan Poncelet, Moustafa Bensafi, and Anne DidierFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 16, 20093,712 words Article 1480LIn humans, the pleasantness of odors is a major contributor to social relationships and food intake. Smells evoke attraction and repulsion responses, reflecting the hedonic value of the odorant. While olfactory...

• Evolutionary Patterns and Selective Pressures of Odorant/Pheromone Receptor Gene Families in Teleost Fishes

  Authors:Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Yoshimi Furuta, and Mutsumi NishidaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 3, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 31, 20083,818 words Article 1350LBackground Teleost fishes do not have a vomeronasal organ (VNO), and their vomeronasal receptors (V1Rs, V2Rs) are expressed in the main olfactory epithelium (MOE), as are odorant receptors (ORs) and trace...

• A Low Concentration of Ethanol Impairs Learning but Not Motor and Sensory Behavior in Drosophila Larvae

  Authors:Brooks G. Robinson, Sukant Khurana, Jascha B. Pohl, Wen-ke Li, Alfredo Ghezzi, Amanda M. Cady, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 18, 20127,448 words Article 1430LDrosophila melanogaster has proven to be a useful model system for the genetic analysis of ethanol-associated behaviors. However, past studies have focused on the response of the adult fly to large, and often sedating,...

• Expression in Antennae and Reproductive Organs Suggests a Dual Role of an Odorant-Binding Protein in Two Sibling Helicoverpa Species

  Authors:Ya-Lan Sun, Ling-Qiao Huang, Paolo Pelosi, and Chen-Zhu WangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20127,622 words Article 1450LOdorant-binding proteins (OBPs) mediate both perception and release of semiochemicals in insects. These proteins are the ideal targets for understanding the olfactory code of insects as well as for interfering with...

• Transcriptome Pyrosequencing of the Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia vestalis: Genes Involved in the Antennal Odorant-Sensory System

  Authors:Osamu Nishimura, Carla Brillada, Shigenobu Yazawa, Massimo E. Maffei, and Gen-ichiro ArimuraFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 30, 20124,478 words Article 1460LCotesia vestalis is an endoparasitic wasp that attacks larvae of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), a herbivore of cruciferous plants. Females of C. vestalis use herbivore-induced plant odorants released from...

• Mutants in Drosophila TRPC Channels Reduce Olfactory Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide

  Authors:Farhath Badsha, Pinky Kain, Sunil Prabhakar, Susinder Sundaram, Raghu Padinjat, Veronica Rodrigues, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 19, 20126,852 words Article 1460LBackground Members of the canonical Transient Receptor Potential (TRPC) class of cationic channels function downstream of G[alpha]q and PLC[beta] in Drosophila photoreceptors for transducing visual stimuli. G[alpha]q...

• Sensory Cell Proliferation within the Olfactory Epithelium of Developing Adult Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera)

  Authors:Marie-dominique Franco, Jonathan Bohbot, Kenny Fernandez, Jayd Hanna, James Poppy, and Richard VogtFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 2, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 14, 200712,216 words Article 1470LBackground Insects detect a multitude of odors using a broad array of phenotypically distinct olfactory organs referred to as olfactory sensilla. Each sensillum contains one to several sensory neurons and at least...