TOPOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION OF SENSORY PROJECTIONS TO THE OLFACTORY-BULB

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作者
VASSAR, R [1 ]
CHAO, SK [1 ]
SITCHERAN, R [1 ]
NUNEZ, JM [1 ]
VOSSHALL, LB [1 ]
AXEL, R [1 ]
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV,COLL PHYS & SURG,HOWARD HUGHES MED INST,NEW YORK,NY 10032
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10.1016/0092-8674(94)90029-9
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The detection of odorant receptor mRNAs within the axon terminals of sensory neurons has permitted us to ask whether neurons expressing a given receptor project their axons to common glomeruli within the olfactory bulb. In situ hybridization with five different receptor probes demonstrates that axons from neurons expressing a given receptor converge on one, or at most, a few glomeruli within the olfactory bulb. Moreover, the position of specific glomeruli is bilaterally symmetric and is constant in different individuals within a species. These data support a model in which exposure to a given odorant may result in the stimulation of a spatially restricted set of glomeruli, such that the individual odorants would be associated with specific topographic patterns of activity within the olfactory bulb.
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页码:981 / 991
页数:11
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