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dc.contributor.advisorGRONENBERG, WULFILAen
dc.contributor.authorBURDICK, NYSSA KATHERINE
dc.creatorBURDICK, NYSSA KATHERINEen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-11T01:08:23Z
dc.date.available2016-06-11T01:08:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationBURDICK, NYSSA KATHERINE. (2016). ISSUES IN CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF OLFACTORY NEUROBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/612625
dc.description.abstractThis review will attempt to bring together several current fields of research on the topic of the olfactory system. The neurobiology of the system is fairly well understood in many different species, from insects to humans, which advanced significantly with the characterization of olfactory G-protein coupled receptors. These receptors bind odorant molecules and the sensory neurons carry the signal of that odor to the brain for further identification. Each olfactory sensory neuron only expresses a single type of receptor. The mechanisms for how this is done are not well understood. Epigenetics have been identified as a possible mechanism of inheritance of neurobiological and behavioral changes in response to odor fear-conditioning. Many different scientific disciplines will need to combine knowledge and further studies in order to discover how olfaction has evolved in varying ways across species having many different lifestyles.
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en
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dc.titleISSUES IN CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF OLFACTORY NEUROBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICSen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Thesisen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen
thesis.degree.levelBachelorsen
thesis.degree.disciplineHonors Collegeen
thesis.degree.disciplineNEUROSCIENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE, EMPHASIS IN NEUROBIOLOGYen
thesis.degree.nameB.S.en
refterms.dateFOA2018-04-26T03:06:51Z
html.description.abstractThis review will attempt to bring together several current fields of research on the topic of the olfactory system. The neurobiology of the system is fairly well understood in many different species, from insects to humans, which advanced significantly with the characterization of olfactory G-protein coupled receptors. These receptors bind odorant molecules and the sensory neurons carry the signal of that odor to the brain for further identification. Each olfactory sensory neuron only expresses a single type of receptor. The mechanisms for how this is done are not well understood. Epigenetics have been identified as a possible mechanism of inheritance of neurobiological and behavioral changes in response to odor fear-conditioning. Many different scientific disciplines will need to combine knowledge and further studies in order to discover how olfaction has evolved in varying ways across species having many different lifestyles.


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