CULTURED RAT OLFACTORY NEURONS ARE EXCITABLE AND RESPOND TO ODORS

被引:43
作者
PIXLEY, SK [1 ]
PUN, RYK [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CINCINNATI,COLL MED,DEPT PHYSIOL & BIOPHYS,CINCINNATI,OH 45267
来源
DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH | 1990年 / 53卷 / 01期
关键词
Culture; Electrophysiology; Immunocytochemistry; Olfactory epithelium; Olfactory receptor neuron; Patch clamp; Rat;
D O I
10.1016/0165-3806(90)90132-I
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Newborn rat nasal tissues containing olfactory epithelium were dissociated and maintained in a monolayer cell culture. Neurons were present, as determined by immunostaining with antibodies to 4 neuron-specific proteins: neuron-specific enolase, microtubule-associated protein 2, tau protein and synaptophysin. Immunostained neurons had a distinctive morphology resembling olfactory neurons. By patch-clamp analysis, these cells were electrically active. Responses of some neurons to physiological concentrations of an odorant mixture identified them as olfactory receptor cells. © 1990.
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页码:125 / 130
页数:6
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