Matsunami, HiroakiWest, Anne EVihani, Aashutosh2022-06-152022-06-152022https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25299<p>Olfaction, the sense of smell, is one of the least well understood sensory systems. Central to the lack of understanding has been an inability to reliably control the stimulus, odorants. Here I developed analytical frameworks to further our understandings of how to quantify odor molecules based on responses elicited from olfactory receptors. I also identified a novel subset of olfactory receptors which displayed sexual dimorphism, plasticity, and served to respond to semiochemicals in mice. Finally, I identified a single candidate rabbit olfactory receptor to respond to a rabbit mammary pheromone.</p>NeurosciencesDissertation