Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: The neurobiology of olfaction

Editor list: Menini, A

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 113-130

ISBN: 978-1-4200-7197-9

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55981/

Title of series: Frontiers in neuroscience

Abstract: 

The sensing of molecules in the environment is critical to the survival
of every organism. It is, therefore, hardly surprising that most animals
have developed highly sophisticated olfactory systems. In contrast to
other sensory systems, large portions of the genome are devoted to
encode the receptors of this sensory system. The past years have seen an
explosion in studies aimed at understanding the functioning of the
olfactory system. These studies cover all levels of analysis—from genes
to behavior. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the
molecular organization of all stages of the olfactory pathway.
Consequently, particular effort was spent on the question of how
information contained in odorant molecules is encoded and processed at
the various levels of the olfactory system, from the periphery to higher
olfactory centers. As the vast majority of these studies focused on
adult animals, the state of knowledge of the embryonic or larval
development of olfactory systems is comparatively limited. Especially in
mammals, studies focusing on the embryonic olfactory systems are
inherently difficult and so far have not been carried out. In this
respect, amphibians are particularly suited. Their fertilized eggs
develop into free-swimming larvae before metamorphosing into juvenile
animals. Ontogenetic stages of various amphibians are well characterized
and easy to handle. This chapter aims to present a detailed overview of
the current knowledge of the organization and function of the olfactory
system of a premetamorphotic amphibian, the african clawed frog Xenopus
laevis.

Harvard Citation style: Manzini, I. and Schild, D. (2010) Olfactory Coding in Larvae of the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis, in Menini, A. (ed.) The neurobiology of olfaction. Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp. 113-130. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55981/

APA Citation style: Manzini, I., & Schild, D. (2010). Olfactory Coding in Larvae of the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis. In Menini, A. (Ed.), The neurobiology of olfaction (pp. 113-130). CRC Press. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55981/