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Różański JJ, Capillo G, Lauriano ER, Aragona M, Kuciel M, Zaccone G, Żuwała KD. Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical studies on the olfactory receptor neurons in the
Ichthyosaura alpestris. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Józef J. Różański
- Department of Comparative Anatomy Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Researches Faculty of Biology Jagiellonian University in Krakow Kraków Poland
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata University of Messina Messina Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences University of Messina Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata University of Messina Messina Italy
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- Department of Toxicology and Environmental Disease Faculty of Medicine Poison Information Centre Jagiellonian University Cracow Poland
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata University of Messina Messina Italy
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Researches Faculty of Biology Jagiellonian University in Krakow Kraków Poland
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Różański JJ, Żuwała KD. Macro‐ and micromorphological remodeling of olfactory organs throughout the ontogeny of the fire salamander
Salamandra salamandra
(Linnaeus, 1758). J Morphol 2020; 281:1173-1190. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Józef J. Różański
- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology Jagiellonian University in Kraków Kraków Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology Jagiellonian University in Kraków Kraków Poland
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Różański JJ, Żuwała KD. The influence of habitat on olfactory organ structure in selected species of salamanders (Salamandridae, Caudata). ZOOL ANZ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lutterschmidt DI, Lucas AR, Karam RA, Nguyen VT, Rasmussen MR. Sexually Dimorphic Patterns of Cell Proliferation in the Brain Are Linked to Seasonal Life-History Transitions in Red-Sided Garter Snakes. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:364. [PMID: 29910707 PMCID: PMC5992280 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Seasonal rhythms in physiology and behavior are widespread across diverse taxonomic groups and may be mediated by seasonal changes in neurogenesis, including cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation. We examined if cell proliferation in the brain is associated with the seasonal life-history transition from spring breeding to migration and summer foraging in a free-ranging population of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) in Manitoba, Canada. We used the thymidine analog 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) to label newly proliferated cells within the brain of adult snakes collected from the den during the mating season or from a road located along their migratory route. To assess rates of cell migration, we further categorized BrdU-labeled cells according to their location within the ventricular zone or parenchymal region of the nucleus sphericus (homolog of the amygdala), preoptic area/hypothalamus, septal nucleus, and cortex (homolog of the hippocampus). We found that cell proliferation and cell migration varied significantly with sex, the migratory status of snakes, and reproductive behavior in males. In most regions of interest, patterns of cell proliferation were sexually dimorphic, with males having significantly more BrdU-labeled cells than females prior to migration. However, during the initial stages of migration, females exhibited a significant increase in cell proliferation within the nucleus sphericus, hypothalamus, and septal nucleus, but not in any subregion of the cortex. In contrast, migrating males exhibited a significant increase in cell proliferation within the medial cortex but no other brain region. Because it is unlikely that the medial cortex plays a sexually dimorphic role in spatial memory during spring migration, we speculate that cell proliferation within the male medial cortex is associated with regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Finally, the only brain region where cell migration into the parenchymal region varied significantly with sex or migratory status was the hypothalamus. These results suggest that the migration of newly proliferated cells and/or the continued division of undifferentiated cells are activated earlier or to a greater extent in the hypothalamus. Our data suggest that sexually dimorphic changes in cell proliferation and cell migration in the adult brain may mediate sex differences in the timing of seasonal life-history transitions.
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
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Siegel DS, Taylor MS, Sever DM, Trauth SE. The Lack of Nasolacrimal Ducts in Plethodontid Salamanders? Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 301:765-775. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Dustin S. Siegel
- Department of Biology; Southeast Missouri State University; Cape Girardeau Missouri
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- Department of Biology; Southeast Missouri State University; Cape Girardeau Missouri
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Southeastern Louisiana University (Emeritus); Hammond Louisiana
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Arkansas State University (Emeritus); State University Arkansas
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Powers AS. Plasticity and Adult Neurogenesis in Amphibians and Reptiles: More Questions than Answers. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2016; 87:175-183. [DOI: 10.1159/000447047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Studies of the relationship between behavioral plasticity and new cells in the adult brain in amphibians and reptiles are sparse but demonstrate that environmental and hormonal variables do have an effect on the amount of cell proliferation and/or migration. The variables that are reviewed here are: enriched environment, social stimulation, spatial area use, season, photoperiod and temperature, and testosterone. Fewer data are available for amphibians than for reptiles, but for both groups many issues are still to be resolved. It is to be hoped that the questions raised here will generate more answers in future studies.
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Woodley S. Chemosignals, hormones, and amphibian reproduction. Horm Behav 2015; 68:3-13. [PMID: 24945995 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 05/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This article is part of a Special Issue "Chemosignals and Reproduction". Amphibians are often thought of as relatively simple animals especially when compared to mammals. Yet the chemosignaling systems used by amphibians are varied and complex. Amphibian chemosignals are particularly important in reproduction, in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Chemosignaling is most evident in salamanders and newts, but increasing evidence indicates that chemical communication facilitates reproduction in frogs and toads as well. Reproductive hormones shape the production, dissemination, detection, and responsiveness to chemosignals. A large variety of chemosignals have been identified, ranging from simple, invariant chemosignals to complex, variable blends of chemosignals. Although some chemosignals elicit straightforward responses, others have relatively subtle effects. Review of amphibian chemosignaling reveals a number of issues to be resolved, including: 1) the significance of the complex, individually variable blends of courtship chemosignals found in some salamanders, 2) the behavioral and/or physiological functions of chemosignals found in anuran "breeding glands", 3) the ligands for amphibian V2Rs, especially V2Rs expressed in the main olfactory epithelium, and 4) the mechanism whereby transdermal delivery of chemosignals influences behavior. To date, only a handful of the more than 7000 species of amphibians has been examined. Further study of amphibians should provide additional insight to the role of chemosignals in reproduction.
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- Sarah Woodley
- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States.
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Brann JH, Firestein SJ. A lifetime of neurogenesis in the olfactory system. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:182. [PMID: 25018692 PMCID: PMC4071289 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Neurogenesis continues well beyond embryonic and early postnatal ages in three areas of the nervous system. The subgranular zone supplies new neurons to the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. The subventricular zone supplies new interneurons to the olfactory bulb, and the olfactory neuroepithelia generate new excitatory sensory neurons that send their axons to the olfactory bulb. The latter two areas are of particular interest as they contribute new neurons to both ends of a first-level circuit governing olfactory perception. The vomeronasal organ and the main olfactory epithelium comprise the primary peripheral olfactory epithelia. These anatomically distinct areas share common features, as each exhibits extensive neurogenesis well beyond the juvenile phase of development. Here we will discuss the effect of age on the structural and functional significance of neurogenesis in the vomeronasal and olfactory epithelia, from juvenile to advanced adult ages, in several common model systems. We will next discuss how age affects the regenerative capacity of these neural stem cells in response to injury. Finally, we will consider the integration of newborn neurons into an existing circuit as it is modified by the age of the animal.
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- Jessica H Brann
- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University New York, NY, USA
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Chouinard AJ. Rapid onset of mate quality assessment via chemical signals in a woodland salamander (Plethodon cinereus). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1324-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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De Groof G, Gwinner H, Steiger S, Kempenaers B, Van der Linden A. Neural correlates of behavioural olfactory sensitivity changes seasonally in European starlings. PLoS One 2010; 5:e14337. [PMID: 21179464 PMCID: PMC3002280 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Possibly due to the small size of the olfactory bulb (OB) as compared to rodents, it was generally believed that songbirds lack a well-developed sense of smell. This belief was recently revised by several studies showing that various bird species, including passerines, use olfaction in many respects of life. During courtship and nest building, male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) incorporate aromatic herbs that are rich in volatile compounds (e.g., milfoil, Achillea millefolium) into the nests and they use olfactory cues to identify these plants. Interestingly, European starlings show seasonal differences in their ability to respond to odour cues: odour sensitivity peaks during nest-building in the spring, but is almost non-existent during the non-breeding season. Methodology/Principal Findings This study used repeated in vivo Manganese-enhanced MRI to quantify for the first time possible seasonal changes in the anatomy and activity of the OB in starling brains. We demonstrated that the OB of the starling exhibits a functional seasonal plasticity of certain plant odour specificity and that the OB is only able to detect milfoil odour during the breeding season. Volumetric analysis showed that this seasonal change in activity is not linked to a change in OB volume. By subsequently experimentally elevating testosterone (T) in half of the males during the non-breeding season we showed that the OB volume was increased compared to controls. Conclusions/Significance By investigating the neural substrate of seasonal olfactory sensitivity changes we show that the starlings' OB loses its ability during the non-breeding season to detect a natural odour of a plant preferred as green nest material by male starlings. We found that testosterone, applied during the non-breeding season, does not restore the discriminatory ability of the OB but has an influence on its size.
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- Geert De Groof
- Bio-Imaging Lab, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Pheromonal communication in amphibians. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2010; 196:713-27. [PMID: 20526605 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0540-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 05/03/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pheromonal communication is widespread in salamanders and newts and may also be important in some frogs and toads. Several amphibian pheromones have been behaviorally, biochemically and molecularly identified. These pheromones are typically peptides or proteins. Study of pheromone evolution in plethodontid salamanders has revealed that courtship pheromones have been subject to continual evolutionary change, perhaps as a result of co-evolution between the pheromonal ligand and its receptor. Pheromones are detected by the vomeronasal organ and main olfactory epithelium. Chemosensory neurons express vomeronasal receptors or olfactory receptors. Frogs have relatively large numbers of vomeronasal receptors that are transcribed in both the vomeronasal organ and the main olfactory epithelium. Salamander vomeronasal receptors apparently are restricted to the vomeronasal organ. To date, no chemosensory ligands have been matched to vomeronasal receptors or olfactory receptors so it is unknown whether particular receptor types are (1) specialized for detection of pheromones versus other chemosignals, or (2) specialized for detection of volatile, nonvolatile, or water-borne chemosignals. Despite progress in understanding amphibian pheromonal communication, only a small fraction of amphibian species have been examined. Study of additional species of amphibians will indicate which traits related to pheromonal communication are evolutionarily conserved and which traits have diverged over time.
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Sampedro C, Font E, Desfilis E. Size variation and cell proliferation in chemosensory brain areas of a lizard (Podarcis hispanica): effects of sex and season. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 28:87-98. [PMID: 18662337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06287.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many lizards rely on chemoreception for crucial aspects of their biology, including exploration, prey and predator detection, and intraspecific communication. Here we investigate sex and seasonal variation in size and proliferative activity in chemosensory areas of the lizard brain. We captured adult Iberian wall lizards (Podarcis hispanica) of either sex in the breeding (April) and non-breeding (November) season, injected them with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and killed them 3 weeks later. We removed the brains, measured the length of the olfactory bulbs, and counted BrdU-labelled cells in the main and accessory olfactory bulbs (MOB, AOB), lateral cortex (LC) and nucleus sphericus (NS). Our results show that, relative to body size, males have larger MOBs and AOBs than females; however, relative to brain size, males have larger AOBs, but not larger MOBs than females. Additionally, males produce more new cells than females in the olfactory bulbs, LC and NS. We failed to detect significant seasonal changes or sex x season interaction in size or proliferative activity in these areas. Sex differences in the addition of newly generated cells--mainly neurons--may be partly responsible for the size differences in chemosensory brain areas. The presence of sexual dimorphism in AOB is expected given the available behavioural evidence, which suggests that males of P. hispanica are more responsive than females to socially relevant chemical stimuli. This is the first demonstration of sexual dimorphism in size and proliferative activity in chemosensory areas of a non-mammalian species.
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- Carlos Sampedro
- Unidad de Etología, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, Paterna, Spain.
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