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Article Dans Une Revue Brain Structure and Function Année : 2021

Lessons from behavioral lateralization in olfaction

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Sensory information, sampled by sensory organs positioned on each side of the body may play a crucial role in organizing brain lateralization. This question is of particular interest with regard to the growing evidence of alteration in lateralization in several psychiatric conditions. In this context, the olfactory system, an ancient, mostly ipsilateral and well-conserved system across phylogeny may prove an interesting model system to understand the behavioral significance of brain lateralization. Here, we focused on behavioral data in vertebrates and non-vertebrates, suggesting that the two hemispheres of the brain differentially processed olfactory cues to achieve diverse sensory operations, such as detection, discrimination, identification of behavioral valuable cues or learning. These include reports across different species on best performances with one nostril or the other or odorant active sampling by one nostril or the other, depending on odorants or contexts. In some species, hints from peripheral anatomical or functional asymmetry were proposed to explain these asymmetries in behavior. Instigations of brain activation or more rarely of brain connectivity evoked by odorants revealed a complex picture with regards to asymmetric patterns which is discussed with respect to behavioral data. Along the steps of the discussed literature, we propose avenues for future research.
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hal-04560800 , version 1 (26-04-2024)

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Matthias Cavelius, Théo Brunel, Anne Didier. Lessons from behavioral lateralization in olfaction. Brain Structure and Function, 2021, 227 (2), pp.685-696. ⟨10.1007/s00429-021-02390-w⟩. ⟨hal-04560800⟩
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