Unlike that of its main counterpart, the functional organization of the accessory olfactory bulb, important for detecting socially relevant odors, remains to be detailed. Here the authors map out Ca2+ signals from vomeronasal inputs to the accessory olfactory bulb in response to socially relevant compounds and find a non-chemotopic spatial organization.
- Gary F Hammen
- Diwakar Turaga
- Julian P Meeks