Olfactory System Flashcards
1
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How are odorant stimuli translated into membrane potential change?
Explain the underlying molecular mechanism
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2
Q
How do we discriminate different smells?
Explain at the level of olfactory receptor neurons & olfacotry glomeruli
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3
Q
What is combinatorial coding?
What is its advantage?
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4
Q
What are mitral and tufted cells?
What are their functions, inputs, and outputs?
Does it pass through the thalamus?
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5
Q
Why would it be advantageous to distribute OSNs expressing a given OR widely across the olfactory epithelium?
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6
Q
How is lateral inhibition achieved in the glomerulus?
Compare it with lateral inhibition in the retinal visual pathway.
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7
Q
What is ansomia? Provide several examples of consequences of it.
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