[Activation of afferent pathways and of control frog olfactory bulb and extracellular field potentials]

It has been recorded the extracellular field potentials of the frog's olfactory bulb produced by electrical stimulation of the commissura anterior and small branches of the olfactory nerve. The activation of the commissural system obtain a positive, long-lasting field potential generated at the soma of the granular cells. The olfactory nerve stimulation produce also a positive surface wave bath at the end of bulbar reply: this effect can be attributed to the activation of the bulbar component of commissural system at the NOA. The recognizable electrical effects of the commissural system allow to make clear the sources of the extracellular field potentials in the bulbar neuronal circuits.