Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Animal behavior is driven by perception of biological need and environmental context. Internal representations of the external world help us to interact with and navigate …
Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Johnson, Mark Allen (creator); Barnea, Gilad (Director); Berson, David (Reader); Kauer, Julie (Reader); Liberles, Stephan (Reader); Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: trace amine-associated receptor; neuromodulation; olfaction; Smell; Pheromones; Optogenetics
Collection:: Neuroscience; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Olfaction, or the sensation of smell, is essential in our perception of the world, and it plays a large role in regulating our behavior. Mice …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Chloe Siyao Zhao (creator); Barnea, Gilad (thesis advisor); Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Parental behavior in animals; Olfaction; Jacobson's organ; Pheromones
Collection:: Neuroscience; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Sexual reproduction of eukaryotic species provides an adaptive advantage over organisms that replicate asexually. Many genes essential for sex have been identified in the model …
Year:: 2012
Contributor:: Sherwood, Racquel Kim (creator); Bennett, Richard (Director); Laney, Jeffrey (Reader); Atwood, Walter (Reader); Johnson, Mark (Reader); Austriaco, Nicanor (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Mating; Candida; Meiosis; Sexual cycle; Sex; Pheromones
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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