Detección de concentraciones cercanas a la atmósfera de CO2 por un subsistema olfativo en el ratón

Ji Hu1, Chun Zhong, Cheng Ding

  • 1National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 19, 2007
PubMed
Resumen

Los ratones pueden oler el dióxido de carbono (CO2) en niveles cercanos a la atmósfera utilizando una vía olfativa especializada. Esta detección se basa en la anhidrase carbónica tipo II (CAII) en neuronas específicas, lo que permite respuestas a las señales ambientales de CO2.

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