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Large olfactory responses of the carp after complete removal of olfactory cilia
M Kashiwayanagi1, T Shoji, K Kurihara
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|July 15, 1988
Abstract:
To study the role of olfactory cilia on olfactory reception, the carp olfactory cilia were removed by modified "ethanol-calcium shock" and the bulbar responses were recorded before and after deciliation. Large olfactory responses to various amino acids were observed after complete deciliation. The relation between magnitude of olfactory response and alanine concentration before and after deciliation was essentially unchanged. The present results suggests that the olfactory cilia may not be necessary for receptor neuron function in the carp.