Trives E, Porte C, Nakahara TS, Keller M, Vacher H, Chamero P. Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice. Horm Behav. 2025 Apr;170:105723.
Caballero I, Mbouamboua Y, Weise S, López-Gálvez R, Couralet M, Fleurot I, Pons N, Barrera-Conde M, Quílez-Playán N, Keller M, Klymiuk N, Robledo P, Hummel T, Barbry P, Chamero P. Cystic fibrosis alters the structure of the olfactory epithelium and the expression of olfactory receptors affecting odor perception. Sci Adv. 2025 11(9):eads1568.
Gora C, Dudas A, Court L, Annamneedi A, Lefort G, Nakahara TS, Azzopardi N, Acquistapace A, Laine AL, Trouillet AC, Drobecq L, Pecnard E, Piégu B, Crépieux P, Chamero P, Pellissier LP. Transl Psychiatry. Effect of the social environment on olfaction and social skills in wild-type and a mouse model of autism. 2024 Nov 7;14(1):464. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-03174-6.
Dudas A, Nakahara TS, Pellissier LP, Chamero P. Parenting behaviors in mice: Olfactory mechanisms and features in models of autism spectrum disorders. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Jun;161:105686. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105686.
Meunier MA, Porte C, Vacher H, Trives E, Nakahara TS, Trouillet AC, Abecia JA, Delgadillo JA, Chemineau P, Chamero P, Keller M. Hair from sexually active bucks strongly activates olfactory sensory inputs but fails to trigger early first ovulation in prepubescent does. Physiol Behav. 2024 Mar 1;275:114451. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114451.
Poissenot K, Trouillet AC, Trives E, Moussu C, Chesneau D, Meunier M, Lattard V, Chorfa A, Saez F, Drevet J, Le Danvic C, Nagnan-Le Meillour P, Chamero P, Keller M. Sexual discrimination and attraction through scents in the water vole, Arvicola terrestris. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2024 May;210(3):431-441. doi: 10.1007/s00359-023-01671-5.
Weiss J, Vacher H, Trouillet AC, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P. Sensing and avoiding sick conspecifics requires Gαi2+ vomeronasal neurons. BMC Biol. 2023 Jul 10;21(1):152. doi: 10.1186/s12915-023-01653-8.
Meunier MA, Porte C, Poissenot K, Vacher H, Brachet M, Chamero P, Beltramo M, Abecia JA, Delgadillo JA, Chemineau P, Keller M. J Male-induced early puberty correlates with the maturation of arcuate nucleus kisspeptin neurons in does. Neuroendocrinol. 2023 May;35(5):e13284. doi: 10.1111/jne.13284.
Portalés A, Chamero P, Jurado S. Natural and Pathological Aging Distinctively Impacts the Pheromone Detection System and Social Behavior. Mol Neurobiol. 2023 Aug;60(8):4641-4658. doi: 10.1007/s12035-023-03362-3.
Tartarin P, Keller M, Guibert E, Trives E, Bourdon G, Chamero P, Negre D, Cornilleau F, Guillory V, JeanPierre E, Costa C, Migrenne S, Dupont J, Froment P. Knockdown of regulatory associated protein of TOR (raptor) in hypothalamus-stimulated folliculogenesis and induced ovarian cysts. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2023 Feb;35(4):307-320. doi: 10.1071/RD21260.
López-Gálvez R, Fleurot I, Chamero P, Trapp S, Olivier M, Chevaleyre C, Barc C, Riou M, Rossignol C, Guillon A, Si-Tahar M, May T, Barbry P, Bähr A, Klymiuk N, Sirard JC, Caballero I. Airway Administration of Flagellin Regulates the Inflammatory Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2021 Jun 8. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0125OC
Trouillet AC, Moussu C, Poissenot K, Keller M, Birnbaumer L, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P. Sensory Detection by the Vomeronasal Organ Modulates Experience-Dependent Social Behaviors in Female Mice. Front Cell Neurosci. 2021; 15:638800. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.638800. eCollection 2021
Keller M, Chamero P. Is the Loss of Trpc2 Gene Function a Real Working Hypothesis for the Emergence of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Old World Primates? Arch Sex Behav. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01664-4.
Pallé A, Montero M, Fernández S, Tezanos P, de Las Heras JA, Luskey V, Birnbaumer L, Zufall F, Chamero P, Trejo JL.
Gαi2+ vomeronasal neurons govern the initial outcome of an acute social competition. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):894.
Luzuriaga J, Pineda JR, Irastorza I, Uribe-Etxebarria V, García-Gallastegui P, Encinas JM, Chamero P, Unda F, Ibarretxe G. BDNF and NT3 Reprogram Human Ectomesenchymal Dental Pulp Stem Cells to Neurogenic and Gliogenic Neural Crest Progenitors Cultured in Serum-Free Medium. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2019; 52(6):1361-1380.
Trouillet A-C, Keller M, Weiss J, Leinders-Zufall T, Birnbaumer L, Zufall F, Chamero P. Central role of G protein Gαi2 and Gαi2+ vomeronasal neurons in balancing territorial and infant-directed aggression of male mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2019; 116(11):5135-5143.
Chamero P, Weiss J, Alonso MT, Rodríguez-Prados M, Hisatsune C, Mikoshiba K, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F. Type 3 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor is dispensable for sensory activation of the mammalian vomeronasal organ. Sci Rep. 2017; 7(1):10260.
Stein B, Alonso MT, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Chamero P. Functional Overexpression of Vomeronasal Receptors Using a Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1)-Derived Amplicon. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0156092.
Oboti L, Ibarra-Soria X, Pérez-Gómez A, Schmid A, Pyrski M, Paschek N, Kircher S, Logan DW, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P. Pregnancy and estrogen enhance neural progenitor-cell proliferation in the vomeronasal sensory epithelium. BMC Biol. 2015; 13:104
Dey S, Chamero P, Pru JK, Chien MS, Ibarra-Soria X, Spencer KR, Logan DW, Matsunami H, Peluso JJ, Stowers L. Cyclic regulation of sensory signaling by a female hormone alters behavior. Cell. 2015; 161(6):1334-44.
Pérez-Gómez A, Bleymehl K, Stein B, Pyrski M, Birnbaumer L, Munger SD, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P. Innate predator odor aversion driven by parallel olfactory subsystems that converge in the ventromedial hypothalamus. Curr Biol. 2015; 25(10):1340-6.
Pérez Gómez A, Stein B, Leinders-Zufall T, Chamero P. Signaling mechanisms and behavioral function of the mouse basal vomeronasal neuroepithelium. Front Neuroanat. 2014; 8:135.
Oboti L, Pérez-Gómez A, Keller M, Jacobi E, Birnbaumer L, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P. Major contribution of Gαo-dependent vomeronasal chemoreception to sexual and reproductive behavior in female mice. BMC Biology 2014; 12:31
Leinders-Zufall T, Ishii T, Chamero P, Hendrix P, Oboti L, Schmid A, Kircher S, Akiyoshi S, Khan M, Vaes E, Zufall F, Mombaerts P. A Family of Nonclassical Class I MHC Genes Contributes to Ultrasensitive Chemodetection by Mouse Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons. J Neurosci. 2014; 34(15):5121-33.
Chamero P, Leiders-Zufall T, Zufall F. From genes to social communication: molecular sensing by the vomeronasal organ. Trends Neurosci. 2012; 35(10):597-606. (Featured cover issue).
Oboti L, Schellino R, Giachino C, Chamero P, Pyrski M, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Fasolo A, Peretto P. Newborn interneurons in the accessory olfactory bulb promote mate recognition in female mice. Front Neurosci. 2011; 5:113.
Chamero P, Katsoulidou V, Hendrix P, Bufe B, Roberts R, Matsunami H, Abramowitz J, Birnbaumer L, Zufall F, Leiders-Zufall T. G protein Gαo is essential for vomeronasal function and aggressive behavior in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011; 108(31):12898-903.
Barros CS, Calabrese B, Chamero P, Roberts AJ, Korzus E, Lloyd K, Stowers L, Mayford M, Halpain S, Müller U. Impaired maturation of dendritic spines without disorganization of cortical cell layers in mice lacking NRG1/ErbB signaling in the central nervous system. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009; 106(11):4507-12.
Manjarres IM, Chamero P, Domingo B, Molina F, Llopis J, Alonso MT, Garcia-Sancho J. Red and green aequorins for simultaneous monitoring of Ca(2+) signals from two different organelles. Pflugers Arch. 2008; 455(5):961-70.
Chamero P, Manjarres IM, García-Verdugo JM, Villalobos C, Alonso MT, García-Sancho J. Nuclear calcium signaling by inositol trisphosphate in GH3 pituitary cells. Cell Calcium. 2008; 43(2):205-14.
Quesada I, Villalobos C, Núñez L, Chamero P, Alonso MT, Nadal A, García-Sancho J. Glucose induces synchronous mitochondrial calcium oscillations in intact pancreatic islets. Cell Calcium. 2008; 43(1):39-47.
Chamero P, Marton TF, Logan DW, Flanagan K, Cruz JR, Saghatelian A, Cravatt BF, Stowers L. Identification of protein pheromones that promote aggressive behaviour. Nature. 2007; 450(7171):899-902.
Nunez L, Senovilla L, Sanz-Blasco S, Chamero P, Alonso MT, Villalobos C, Garcia-Sancho J. Bioluminescence imaging of mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics in soma and neurites of individual adult mouse sympathetic neurons. J Physiol. 2007; 580(Pt 2):385-95.
Alonso MT, Villalobos C, Chamero P, Alvarez J, Garcia-Sancho J. Calcium microdomains in mitochondria and nucleus. Cell Calcium. 2006; 40(5-6):513-25.
Villalobos C, Nadal A, Núñez L, Quesada I, Chamero P, Alonso MT, García-Sancho J. Bioluminescence imaging of nuclear calcium oscillations in intact pancreatic islets of Langerhans from the mouse. Cell Calcium 2005; 38(2):131-9.
Alvarez Y, Alonso MT, Vendrell V, Zelarayan LC, Chamero P, Theil T, Bösl MR, Kato S, Maconochie M, Riethmacher D, Schimmang T. Requirements for FGF3 and FGF10 during inner ear formation. Development. 2003; 130(25):6329-38.
Alonso MT, Chamero P, Villalobos C, Garcia-Sancho J. Fura-2 antagonises calcium-induced calcium release. Cell Calcium. 2003; 33(1):27-35.
Chamero P, Villalobos C, Alonso MT, Garcia-Sancho J. Dampening of cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations on propagation to nucleus. J Biol Chem. 2002; 277(52):50226-9.
Villalobos C, Nunez L, Montero M, Garcia AG, Alonso MT, Chamero P, Alvarez J, Garcia-Sancho J. Redistribution of Ca2+ among cytosol and organella during stimulation of bovine chromaffin cells. FASEB J. 2002; 16(3):343-53.
Villalobos C, Nunez L, Chamero P, Alonso MT, Garcia-Sancho J. Mitochondrial [Ca2+] oscillations driven by local high [Ca2+] domains generated by spontaneous electric activity. J Biol Chem. 2001; 276(43):40293-7.
Books and book chapters
Meunier MA, Keller M, Chamero P. (2025) Calcium Imaging in Olfaction: Non-rodent Mammalian Species. In: Simoes de Souza F., Ma M. (eds) Olfactory Receptors: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition. Methods Mol Biol. vol 2915; 49-60. Humana Press, New York, NY
Meunier M, Trouillet A-C, Keller M, Chamero P (2023) Detection of Male Olfactory Information by Female Goats: A Calcium Imaging Approach. In: B. Schaal et al. (eds), Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 15, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
Bakker J, Leinders-Zufall T, Chamero P (2022) The Sense of Smell: Role of the Olfactory System in Social Behavior. In: Neuroscience in the 21st Century. In: Pfaff, D.W., Volkow, N.D., Rubenstein, J.L. (eds) Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Springer, Cham.
Chamero P, Zufall F. (2018) Virus-Mediated Overexpression of Vomeronasal Receptors and Functional Assessment by Live-Cell Calcium Imaging. In: Simoes de Souza F., Antunes G. (eds) Olfactory Receptors. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1820; 43-56. Humana Press, New York, NY
Leinders-Zufall T, Chamero P (2016) Cyclic GMP Signaling in Olfactory Sensory Neurons. In: Zufall F, Munger SD, eds. Chemosensory Transduction: The Detection of Odors, Tastes, and Other Chemostimuli. 141–155.
Salazar I, Chamero P, eds. (2015). Olfactory Subsystems in Mammals: Morphology, Genetic and Evolution. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88919-554-1
