Marin, AC;
Schaefer, AT;
Ackels, T;
(2021)
Spatial information from the odour environment in mammalian olfaction.
Cell and Tissue Research
, 383
pp. 473-483.
10.1007/s00441-020-03395-3.
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Abstract
The sense of smell is an essential modality for many species, in particular nocturnal and crepuscular mammals, to gather information about their environment. Olfactory cues provide information over a large range of distances, allowing behaviours ranging from simple detection and recognition of objects, to tracking trails and navigating using odour plumes from afar. In this review, we discuss the features of the natural olfactory environment and provide a brief overview of how odour information can be sampled and might be represented and processed by the mammalian olfactory system. Finally, we discuss recent behavioural approaches that address how mammals extract spatial information from the environment in three diferent contexts: odour trail tracking, odour plume tracking and, more general, olfactory-guided navigation. Recent technological developments have seen the spatiotemporal aspect of mammalian olfaction gain signifcant attention, and we discuss both the promising aspects of rapidly developing paradigms and stimulus control technologies as well as their limitations. We conclude that, while still in its beginnings, research on the odour environment ofers an entry point into understanding the mechanisms how mammals extract information about space.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Spatial information from the odour environment in mammalian olfaction |
| Location: | Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00441-020-03395-3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-020-03395-3 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Spatial information · Odour · Mammalian olfaction · Odour plumes |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121398 |
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