Lec 14 Flashcards
Olfactory system
Uses free nerve ending
From air to brain
Olfactory neuron—cilia(dendrite) receptors
Olfactory bulb— synapses are find
Olfactory tract—#2 neuron axon goes to olfactory cortex
Bone between nose and brain
Ethmoid Bone
Cilia(dendrite like)
Cilia project downward into mucous layer
Cilia have odorant receptor proteins GPCRS
Supporting cell
1- stem cell
2- can replace olfactory sensory neurons
Mucous layer
-Odorant must dissolve into this layer
-Odorant must bind to specific odorant receptors(GPCR)
How many different Odorant receptor in human?
400 different odorant receptors
ALL ARE GPCRS
combination of activated receptors and neurons allow us to smell 5000 odors
Signal transduction in olfactory
1-Odor bind to G protein-coupled receptor
2-Activated G protein activate adenylyl cyclase
3-Adenylyl cyclase convert ATP to cAMP(secondary messenger)
4-cAMP open cyclic-nucleotide gated Na channels
5-Sufficient Receptor potential
6-Produce AP at axon hillock
Specialized G protein for olfactory tranduction
Golf
Olfactory sensory pathway
1- olfactory neurons
2- cranial nerve I
3- olfactory bulb
4- olfactory tract
5- olfactory cortex
6.1- limbic system
6.2- cerebral cortex
Olfactory connection with limbic system
Smell is linked to emotion and memory
——— are similar and hand to hand with olfactory
Taste sensors
Each taste buds is ——— taste cells
50-150
Taste cells are
Non-neural
Each taste cell is
Sensitive to particular tastant ligand
Polarized:
—receptor at apical membrane
—1 sensory neuron communication at basal membrane
Intracellular signaling pathway is ——— for each taste cell
Different
Different tastes
Sweet
Umami
Bitter
sour
*different GOCR for each one
Type I support cells
May sense salt when Na enters channel
ENAC
Receptor cells (type II)
Sweet/umami/bitter
Release ATP as messenger
Presynaptic cell (III)
Feels sour
Activate by H(+)
Release serotonin as messanger