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A method for maintaining odor-responsive adult rat olfactory receptor neurons in short-term culture
1Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84108, USA. gricelly.vargas@m.cc.utah.edu
Chemical Senses
|May 13, 1999
Abstract:
We report a culture system requiring the addition of freshly made ascorbic acid to the medium, that supports the short-term survival of adult rat olfactory receptor neurons. The cultured neurons exhibit typical voltage-gated currents and are responsive to application of odorants.