Grueneberg ganglion
The Grueneberg ganglion (GG), also written as Grüneberg ganglion is an olfactory subsystem located at the entrance of the nasal cavity of rodents. It was first described by Hans Grüneberg in 1973.[1]
It is mainly implicated in the detection of volatile compounds signaling danger as the alarm pheromones[2] emitted by stressed conspecifics, but also by several categories of kairomones[3] emitted by the urine of predatory carnivores. The detection of these compounds by the Grueneberg ganglion induces fear-behaviors in the receiver.
The Grueneberg ganglion is also activated by cold temperatures.[4]
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- ^ Grüneberg, H (1973). "A ganglion probably belonging to the N. terminalis system in the nasal mucosa of the mouse". Z. Anat Entwicklungsgesch. 140 (1): 39–52. doi:10.1007/BF00520716. PMID 4749131. S2CID 10216579.
- ^ Brechbühl J; Klaey M; Broillet MC. (2008). "Grueneberg ganglion cells mediate alarm pheromone detection in mice". Science. 321 (5892): 1092–1095. Bibcode:2008Sci...321.1092B. doi:10.1126/science.1160770. PMID 18719286. S2CID 14478266.
- ^ Brechbühl, Julien; Moine, Fabian; Klaey, Magali; Nenniger-Tosato, Monique; Hurni, Nicolas; Sporkert, Frank; Giroud, Christian; Broillet, Marie-Christine (2013). "Mouse alarm pheromone shares structural similarity with predator scents". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110 (12): 4762–7. Bibcode:2013PNAS..110.4762B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1214249110. PMC 3607058. PMID 23487748.
- ^ Schmid, A; Pyrski, M; Biel, M; Leinders-Zufall, T; Zufa, F (2010). "Grueneberg Ganglion Neurons Are Finely Tuned Cold Sensors". Journal of Neuroscience. 30 (22): 7563–7568. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0608-10.2010. PMC 6632360. PMID 20519530.