Olfaction-Mediated Pathogen Avoidance in Mammals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_12" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_12</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_12" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_12</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Olfaction-Mediated Pathogen Avoidance in Mammals
Original language description
Avoidance of pathogens is crucial for one's survival. The mechanisms responsible for pathogen avoidance are known as the 'behavioural immune system', which consists of various perceptual, affective, cognitive, and executive processes. In this chapter, we review current knowledge on pathogen avoidance in mammals mediated by odour cues. We start with an overview of changes in the body odour caused by pathogens. Then, we summarize current evidence regarding the avoidance of odours of infected individuals with emphasis on rodents and humans, and discuss the effects of multimodal integration on avoidance behaviour. We also review possible physiological mechanisms of pathogen avoidance, such as a decrease in pain sensitivity and hormonal involvement, including oxytocin, vasopressin, cortisol, and the sex hormones. Finally, we discuss ontogenetic development of pathogen avoidance. In conclusion, we outline some directions for future studies and point to the need to study a broader range of species.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-29772S" target="_blank" >GA21-29772S: Visual and olfactory cues to intrasexual competition: psychological and physiological correlates</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 15
ISBN
978-3-031-35158-7
Number of pages of the result
29
Pages from-to
207-235
Number of pages of the book
516
Publisher name
Springer Nature
Place of publication
Cham
UT code for WoS chapter
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