What does VNO stand for?

Vomeronasal Organ

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Samples in periodicals archive:

To reach the conclusion, Rodriguez's team took tissue from the vomeronasal organ - a pheromone-detecting sense organ found in the nasal cavity of mice, and some other mammals - and searched for genes expressing possible smell receptors.

ow mice sniff out sickness

They may be tasting it, or drawing scent into their vomeronasal organ, which is located in the roof of the mouth.

Scrapes: a fascinating enigma

Pheromones are chemical cues given off by animals that trigger others' behavior by binding to sensory receptors in the vomeronasal organ in mice.

Macho pheromones rile fellows

The role of the vomeronasal organ in rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis oreganus) predatory behavior.

A noninvasive technique for blocking vomeronasal chemoreception in ...

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The human vomeronasal organ (VNO) has long been a source of curious interest in the scientific literature.

The vomeronasal (Jacobson's) organ

The odorless chemicals drift through air until they're sniffed into an animal's nose where the vomeronasal organ (VNO), a supersensitive organ wired directly to the midbrain, registers the chemicals.

Romance: Pheromones

The vomeronasal organ, or VNO, is located about half an inch up the nose and detects hundreds of different pheromones.

The PMS nasal spray; A whiff of hope for women desperate to banish ...

Many believe that when the urine enters into a buck's vomeronasal organ located in the roof of the mouth, the deer can tell the reproductive readiness of a doe.

Case Studies on Deer Urine