Deconstructing olfaction using models, molecules, and mammals
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2022
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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.
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Vihani, Aashutosh (2022). Deconstructing olfaction using models, molecules, and mammals. Dissertation, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25299.
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