• openAccess   Amygdaloid projections to the ventral striatum in mice: direct and indirect chemosensory inputs to the brain reward system 

      Novejarque, Amparo; Gutiérrez-Castellanos, Nicolás; Lanuza, Enrique; Martinez-Garcia, Fernando Frontiers (2011-08-22)
      Rodents constitute good models for studying the neural basis of sociosexual behavior. Recent findings in mice have revealed the molecular identity of the some pheromonal molecules triggering intersexual attraction. However, ...
    • openAccess   Cladistic Analysis of Olfactory and Vomeronasal Systems 

      Úbeda-Bañón, Isabel; Pro-Sistiaga, Palma; Mohedano-Moriano, Alicia; Sáiz-Sánchez, Daniel; De la Rosa-Prieto, Carlos; Gutiérrez-Castellanos, Nicolás; Lanuza, Enrique; Martinez-Garcia, Fernando; Martínez-Marcos, Alino Frontiers (2011-01-26)
      Most tetrapods possess two nasal organs for detecting chemicals in their environment, which are the sensory detectors of the olfactory and vomeronasal systems. The seventies’ view that the olfactory system was only devoted ...