Direct Comparison of Odor Responses of Homologous Glomeruli in the Medial and Lateral Maps of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb
| Autor: | Ryota Homma, Tokiharu Sato, Shin Nagayama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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glomerulus
Sensory system Stimulation Biology Receptors Odorant Olfactory Receptor Neurons Mice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Calcium imaging Postsynaptic potential map medicine Animals Axon mouse 030304 developmental biology Glomerulus (olfaction) 0303 health sciences General Neuroscience General Medicine Olfactory Bulb Olfactory bulb Smell calcium imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Odorants Sensory and Motor Systems GABAergic Neuroscience Research Article: New Research respiration 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | eNeuro |
| ISSN: | 2373-2822 |
| Popis: | Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) expressing same-type odorant receptors typically project to a pair of glomeruli in the medial and lateral sides of the olfactory bulbs (OBs) in rodents. This multiple glomerular representation of homologous inputs is considered to have more important functional roles for odor information processing than the redundant backup system. However, a consensus idea is lacking and this hinders interpretation of the phenomenon. In addition, the shared and unique odorant response properties of the homologous glomeruli remain unclear because the majority of medial glomeruli are hidden in the septal OB, and thus it is difficult to directly compare them. OSNs, which express trace amine-associated odorant receptors (TAARs), were recently identified that project to a pair of glomeruli uniquely located in the dorsal OB. In this study, we measured the odorant-induced calcium responses of homologous pairs of TAAR glomeruli simultaneously in anesthetized mice and directly compared their response patterns. We found that they exhibited similar temporal response patterns and could not find differences in onset latency, rise time, decay time, or response amplitude. However, the medial glomeruli had significantly larger respiration-locked calcium fluctuations than the lateral glomeruli. This trend was observed with/without odorant stimulation in postsynaptic neurons of GABAergic, dopaminergic, and mitral/tufted cells, but not in presynaptic olfactory sensory axon terminals. This indicates that, at least in these TAAR glomeruli, the medial rather than the lateral OB map enhances the respiration-locked rhythm and transfers this information to higher brain centers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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