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vomeronasal and receptor
The receptor neurons possess apical microvilli, to which are localized the sensory receptors, G-protein-coupled receptors which are often referred to as pheromone receptors since vomeronasal receptors have been tied to detecting pheromones.
Among studies that use microanatomical methods, there is no reported evidence that human beings have active sensory neurons like those in working vomeronasal systems of other animals .< sup ></ sup > Furthermore, there is no evidence to date that suggests there are nerve and axon connections between any existing sensory receptor cells that may be in the adult human VNO and the brain.
* Distance chemoreceptors are integral to receiving stimuli in the olfactory system through both olfactory receptor neurons and neurons in the vomeronasal organ.

vomeronasal and neurons
Mups activate olfactory sensory neurons in the vomeronasal organ ( VNO ), a subsystem of the nose known to detect pheromones via specific sensory receptors, of mice and rats.
During embryological development, the vomeronasal sensory neurons form from the nasal ( olfactory ) placode, at the anterior edge of the neural plate ( cranial nerve zero ).
In mammals, the sensory neurons of the vomeronasal organ detect non-volatile chemical cues, which requires direct physical contact with the source of odor.
The vomeronasal organ ’ s sensory neurons act on a different signaling pathway than that of the main olfactory system ’ s sensory neurons.
Many vomeronasal neurons are activated by chemicals in urine.
Many patch-clamp recordings have confirmed the sensitivity of the vomeronasal neurons.
This sensitivity is tied to the fact that the resting potential of the vomeronasal neurons is relatively close to that of the firing threshold of these neurons.
** neurons in the vomeronasal organ that detect pheromones

vomeronasal and which
In mammals and reptiles, pheromones may be detected by the vomeronasal organ ( VNO ), or Jacobson's organ, which lies between the nose and mouth and is the first stage of the accessory olfactory system.
At the dorsal and ventral aspect of the lumen are vomeronasal glands, which fill the vomeronasal lumen with fluid.
The flehmen response (; ), also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehming, or flehmening ( from German flehmen ), is a particular type of curling of the upper lip in ungulates, felids, and many other mammals, which facilitates the transfer of pheromones and other scents into the vomeronasal organ, also called the Jacobson's organ.
Omomyids further demonstrate a gap between the upper central incisors, which presumably indicates the presence of a rhinarium and philtrum to channel fluids into the vomeronasal organ.
The tongue is extended from the mouth to collect particles of air, which are then deposited in the vomeronasal organ on the roof of the mouth, which acts as a chemosensory organ.

vomeronasal and from
It receives axonal input from the vomeronasal organ, a distinct sensory epithelium from the main olfactory epithelium that detects pheromones, among other chemical stimuli.

vomeronasal and VNO
In mammals, these chemical signals are believed to be detected primarily by the vomeronasal organ ( VNO ), a chemosensory organ located at the base of the nasal septum.
The vomeronasal organ ( VNO ), or Jacobson's organ, is an auxiliary olfactory sense organ that is found in many animals.
V1R is specifically expressed in the rodent vomeronasal organ ( VNO ) and is thought to be responsible for pheromone reception, eliciting a signal tranduction.

vomeronasal and olfactory
# The sense of smell: receptors of the olfactory epithelium bind odorants ( olfactory receptors ) and pheromones ( vomeronasal receptors )
By licking a surface, molecules on it are transferred via the tongue to the olfactory receptors in the nose and in the vomeronasal organ.
* Jacobson's organ, or vomeronasal organ, auxiliary olfactory sense organ

vomeronasal and its
The Komodo dragon uses its tongue to detect, taste, and smell stimuli, as with many other reptiles, with the vomeronasal sense using the Jacobson's organ, rather than using the nostrils.
The vomeronasal organ, also called Jacobson's organ, is a chemoreceptor organ named for its closeness to the vomer and nasal bones, and is particularly developed in animals such as cats ( who adopt a characteristic pose called the Flehmen reaction or flehming when making use of it ), and is thought to have to do with the perception of certain pheromones.

vomeronasal and also
Felids also have a highly developed sense of smell, although not to the degree seen in canids ; this is further supplemented by the presence of a vomeronasal organ in the roof of the mouth, allowing the animal to " taste " the air.
Equines also have a vomeronasal organ, that allows males to use the flehmen, or ' lip-curling ' response to assess the sexual state of potential mates.

vomeronasal and .
The focus of the experiments on human pheromones has been on three classes of putative pheromones: axillary steroids, vaginal aliphatic acids, and stimulators of the vomeronasal organ.
Crocodilians lack a vomeronasal organ ( except in the embryonic stage ) and a urinary bladder.
The vomeronasal organ is mainly used to detect pheromones, chemical messengers that carry information between individuals of the same species.
Its presence in many animals has been widely studied and the importance of the vomeronasal system to the role of reproduction and social behavior ( through influence on anterior hypothalamus ) has been shown in many studies.
Chemical communication does appear to occur among humans, but this does not necessarily imply that the human vomeronasal organ is functional.
The functional vomeronasal system is found in many animals, including all snakes, and lizards, plus many mammals, such as mice, rats, elephants, cattle, dogs, cats, goats, and pigs.
* Elephants transfer chemosensory stimuli to the vomeronasal opening in the roof of their mouths using the prehensile structure, sometimes called a " finger ", at the tips of their trunks.
Half of the guinea pigs vomeronasal systems were removed, while the other half were put under fake surgeries with their vomeronasal systems left intact.

receptor and neurons
When blood flow is suppressed, glutamate is released from presynaptic neurons causing NMDA and AMPA receptor activation moreso than would normally be the case outside of stress conditions, leading to elevated Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > and Na < sup >+</ sup > entering the post synaptic neuron and cell damage.
There are a number of other receptor types that are called quickly-adapting or phasic receptors, where firing decreases or stops with steady stimulus ; examples include: skin when touched by an object causes the neurons to fire, but if the object maintains even pressure against the skin, the neurons stop firing.
How activating the 5-HT < sub > 2A </ sub > receptor leads to psychedelia is still unknown, but it likely somehow involves excitation of neurons in the prefrontal cortex.
After chronic use, neurons adapt to the change in biochemistry, resulting in a change in pre-and postsynaptic receptor density and second messenger function.
PGE2 acts on neurons in the preoptic area ( POA ) through the prostaglandin E receptor 3 ( EP3 ).
For instance, the olfactory glomeruli function as sorts of way-stations for the information flowing from the olfactory receptor neurons to the olfactory cortex.
In contrast, a permanent loss of smell may be caused by death of olfactory receptor neurons in the nose or by brain injury in which there is damage to the olfactory nerve or damage to brain areas that process smell ( see olfactory system ).
Another specific cause of permanent loss could be from damage to olfactory receptor neurons because of use of certain types of nasal spray ; i. e., those that cause vasoconstriction of the nasal microcirculation.
The specialized olfactory receptor neurons of the olfactory nerve are located in the olfactory mucosa of the upper parts of the nasal cavity.
Olfactory receptor neurons continue to be born throughout life and extend new axons to the olfactory bulb.
It is unknown as to whether leptin can cross the blood – brain barrier to access receptor neurons, because the blood – brain barrier is attenuated in the area of the median eminence, close to where the NPY neurons of the arcuate nucleus are.
In response to leptin, receptor neurons have been shown to remodel themselves, changing the number and types of synapses that fire onto them.
It acts as a GABA agonist at GABA < sub > B </ sub > receptors in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in hyperpolarization of neurons expressing this receptor, most likely due to increased potassium ion conductance.
In addition, the receptor for the merocrine sweat glands are also cholinergic, since acetylcholine is released from post-ganglionic sympathetic neurons.
As a neural circuit, the glomerular layer receives direct input from olfactory nerves, made up of the axons from approximately ten million olfactory receptor neurons in the olfactory mucosa, a region of the nasal cavity.
The ends of the axons cluster in spherical structures known as glomeruli such that each glomerulus receives input primarily from olfactory receptor neurons that express the same olfactory receptor.
As a neural circuit, the olfactory bulb has one source of sensory input ( axons from olfactory receptor neurons of the olfactory epithelium ), and one output ( mitral cell axons ).
By analogy to similar parts of the brain such as the retina, many researchers have focused on how the olfactory bulb filters incoming information from receptor neurons in space, or how it filters incoming information in time.
During development, the α < sub > 6 </ sub > β < sub > 2 </ sub > γ < sub > 2 </ sub > receptor increases in expression in cerebellar granule neurons, corresponding to increased sensitivity to furosemide.

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