Questions and Answers From Episode 27
... Answer: The olfactory consists of sensory receptors that are located in the nasal mucosa that are bathed in nasal mucus. The mucus protects the receptors and also contains growth factors that help to maintain the function of the receptors. In order for an odorant to be smelled, the receptor must be ...
... Answer: The olfactory consists of sensory receptors that are located in the nasal mucosa that are bathed in nasal mucus. The mucus protects the receptors and also contains growth factors that help to maintain the function of the receptors. In order for an odorant to be smelled, the receptor must be ...
Olfactory System Anatomy
... galli, contains multiple small foramina through which the olfactory nerve fibers, or fila olfactoria, traverse. Fracture of the cribriform plate in traumatic settings can disrupt these fine fibers and lead to olfactory dysfunction. ...
... galli, contains multiple small foramina through which the olfactory nerve fibers, or fila olfactoria, traverse. Fracture of the cribriform plate in traumatic settings can disrupt these fine fibers and lead to olfactory dysfunction. ...
lecture04
... Why does a loss of proprioception not affect more muscles, such as mouth muscle movements or voluntary eye movements. Are there different ...
... Why does a loss of proprioception not affect more muscles, such as mouth muscle movements or voluntary eye movements. Are there different ...
The Smell Report – Emotion. Web. 07 Apr. 2017. - humanphys-chan
... Smell enters the nose. Olfactory bulb processes smell and sends it to the amygdala and hippocampus. The hippocampus and amygdala process the smell. The smell activates these memory centers and stimulates the limbic system to emit the memory/emotion. ...
... Smell enters the nose. Olfactory bulb processes smell and sends it to the amygdala and hippocampus. The hippocampus and amygdala process the smell. The smell activates these memory centers and stimulates the limbic system to emit the memory/emotion. ...
Olfactory network dynamics and the coding of multidimensional
... only a subset of these inputs is vigorously active, but respond when all inputs are equally active. • In other words, it must be able to select against temporal summation and for spatial summation of (coincident) input; input synchronization and active shortening of the integration window, as found ...
... only a subset of these inputs is vigorously active, but respond when all inputs are equally active. • In other words, it must be able to select against temporal summation and for spatial summation of (coincident) input; input synchronization and active shortening of the integration window, as found ...
Chapter 7
... Olfactory bulbs lie at the base of the brain on the ends of the olfactory tracts Each olfactory cell sends an axon onto the olfactory bulb, where it synapses with dendrites of mitral cells (in the olfactory glomeruli), and the projects thorough the olfactory tracts to the amygdala, pyriform cortex, ...
... Olfactory bulbs lie at the base of the brain on the ends of the olfactory tracts Each olfactory cell sends an axon onto the olfactory bulb, where it synapses with dendrites of mitral cells (in the olfactory glomeruli), and the projects thorough the olfactory tracts to the amygdala, pyriform cortex, ...
chapter15
... The Puzzle of Olfactory Quality • Researchers have found it difficult to map perceptual experience onto physical attributes of odorants because • there is no specific language for odor quality. • some molecules that have similar structure smell different, and some that have different structures sme ...
... The Puzzle of Olfactory Quality • Researchers have found it difficult to map perceptual experience onto physical attributes of odorants because • there is no specific language for odor quality. • some molecules that have similar structure smell different, and some that have different structures sme ...
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... The Puzzle of Olfactory Quality • Researchers have found it difficult to map perceptual experience onto physical attributes of odorants because • there is no specific language for odor quality. • some molecules that have similar structure smell different, and some that have different structures sme ...
... The Puzzle of Olfactory Quality • Researchers have found it difficult to map perceptual experience onto physical attributes of odorants because • there is no specific language for odor quality. • some molecules that have similar structure smell different, and some that have different structures sme ...
chapter 9 the chemical senses, neural coding, and central nervous
... 9.1.2. Transduction and temporal response patterns. Any system of interactions between or among molecules, whether it be a straightforward chemical reaction, passage of an ion through a channel, or the binding and/or disassociation of a molecule to/from a receptor site has a characteristic time cour ...
... 9.1.2. Transduction and temporal response patterns. Any system of interactions between or among molecules, whether it be a straightforward chemical reaction, passage of an ion through a channel, or the binding and/or disassociation of a molecule to/from a receptor site has a characteristic time cour ...
Lateral olfactory processing
... mammalian olfactory bulb and its insect analog, the antennal lobe. These results are now beginning to elaborate which of these circuit motifs are operative in early olfactory processing and what role they play in odor coding (Aungst et al 2003; McGann et al. 2005; Olsen et al. 2007; Shang et al. 200 ...
... mammalian olfactory bulb and its insect analog, the antennal lobe. These results are now beginning to elaborate which of these circuit motifs are operative in early olfactory processing and what role they play in odor coding (Aungst et al 2003; McGann et al. 2005; Olsen et al. 2007; Shang et al. 200 ...
Slide 1
... which different taste cells recognize different taste qualities, such that one cell population is activated by sugars and different cells are activated by bitter compounds. The right panel depicts the population coding model in which cells respond to multiple taste modalities. The pattern of activit ...
... which different taste cells recognize different taste qualities, such that one cell population is activated by sugars and different cells are activated by bitter compounds. The right panel depicts the population coding model in which cells respond to multiple taste modalities. The pattern of activit ...
The Molecular Logic of Smell
... projections, or cilia . The receptors are part of neuron s lhat can extend three to four centimeters from the inside of the nose to the brain. Structures known as axo ns run from the neuronal cell bod y to the olfactory hulb In the brain. In the bulb, ax' ons converge at sites called glomeruli; from ...
... projections, or cilia . The receptors are part of neuron s lhat can extend three to four centimeters from the inside of the nose to the brain. Structures known as axo ns run from the neuronal cell bod y to the olfactory hulb In the brain. In the bulb, ax' ons converge at sites called glomeruli; from ...
File
... • Olfactory reception involves detecting dissolved chemicals as they interact with odorant binding proteins • Can distinguish >10,000 of chemical stimuli • Thousands of receptors in most mammals!!!! Humans appear to have only ~350 different receptors • CNS interprets smells by pattern of receptor ac ...
... • Olfactory reception involves detecting dissolved chemicals as they interact with odorant binding proteins • Can distinguish >10,000 of chemical stimuli • Thousands of receptors in most mammals!!!! Humans appear to have only ~350 different receptors • CNS interprets smells by pattern of receptor ac ...
Love at First Smell — The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
... olfactory epithelium and showed that axons of neurons expressing the same odorant receptor converge in the olfactory bulb on the same loci, termed glomeruli (see diagram). It turns out that the receptor is involved in the process of axonal convergence. ...
... olfactory epithelium and showed that axons of neurons expressing the same odorant receptor converge in the olfactory bulb on the same loci, termed glomeruli (see diagram). It turns out that the receptor is involved in the process of axonal convergence. ...
Brain Gas
... different species. The research in my lab focuses on three different facets of odor memory formation: 1) how learning about odors changes the way animals behave, 2) the brain chemicals involved in learning odors and 3) how the brain’s electrical signals are modified once a new odor has been learned. ...
... different species. The research in my lab focuses on three different facets of odor memory formation: 1) how learning about odors changes the way animals behave, 2) the brain chemicals involved in learning odors and 3) how the brain’s electrical signals are modified once a new odor has been learned. ...
MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE (THE LIMBIC SYSTEM)
... long-term or declarative memory, and is composed of all the facts, figures, and names you have ever learned. All of your experiences and conscious memory fall into this category. It is analogous to the hard drive of a computer. Although no one knows exactly where this enormous database is stored, it ...
... long-term or declarative memory, and is composed of all the facts, figures, and names you have ever learned. All of your experiences and conscious memory fall into this category. It is analogous to the hard drive of a computer. Although no one knows exactly where this enormous database is stored, it ...
Synopsis: Overview Perception Retina Central projections LGN
... such as thalamus and superior colliculus, do not receive direct sensory neuron input, but instead receive input from bipolar cells that in turn have synaptic inputs from cone visual receptor cells (Cajal, 1904; Sterling and Demb, 2004) (Figure 2; circuit diagram in Figure 3). Interestingly, while it ...
... such as thalamus and superior colliculus, do not receive direct sensory neuron input, but instead receive input from bipolar cells that in turn have synaptic inputs from cone visual receptor cells (Cajal, 1904; Sterling and Demb, 2004) (Figure 2; circuit diagram in Figure 3). Interestingly, while it ...
Olfactory pathway
... the temporal lobe (uncus). Then to olfactory association cortex (anterior part of parahippocampal gyrus or entorinal area). The primary olfactory area and olfactory association cortex are referred to as the pyriform cortex. It is responsible for the appreciation of olfactory stimuli. ...
... the temporal lobe (uncus). Then to olfactory association cortex (anterior part of parahippocampal gyrus or entorinal area). The primary olfactory area and olfactory association cortex are referred to as the pyriform cortex. It is responsible for the appreciation of olfactory stimuli. ...
Perception of an odour that is not real
... cranial nerve ► One of the two cranial nerves which doesn’t course through the posterior fossa ► Only neurons which can regenerate (basal cells) ► Only sensation which is not processed in the thalamus directly ...
... cranial nerve ► One of the two cranial nerves which doesn’t course through the posterior fossa ► Only neurons which can regenerate (basal cells) ► Only sensation which is not processed in the thalamus directly ...
Olfactory bulb
The olfactory bulb (bulbus olfactorius) is a neural structure of the vertebrate forebrain involved in olfaction, or the sense of smell.