Response kinetics of olfactory receptor neurons and the implications in olfactory coding
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Response kinetics of olfactory receptor neurons and the implications in olfactory coding
Olfaction begins with the detection of odorants by olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) in the nasal cavity. Olfactory transduction is mediated by a G protein–coupled transduction cascade culminating in the opening of the two olfactory transduction ion channels, the olfactory CNG channel and the Ca-activated Cl channel anoctamin 2 (Ano2), and ultimately action potential (AP) generation. The mechan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1540-7748,0022-1295
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201110645