The next step involves inserting the tongue into a specialised organ known as the vomeronasal, or Jacobson organ, located in the upper part of the snake’s mouth. This organ enables snakes to detect ...

They are thought to be used in communication and attraction. In animals, pheromones are processed by the vomeronasal organ, which is located in the anterior nasal cavity. The vomeronasal organ has ...

The next question is which of the two sets of vomeronasal neurons, V1 receptors or V2 receptors, is responsible for MUP signaling in the context of aggression. Mice with inactivated Trpc2 (ref. 2 ...