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人类的单体内和双体内气味处理:fMRI调查

Anupa Ekanayake^1,2, Qing Yang^2,3, Sangam Kanekar²

¹Grodno State Medical University, Grodno, Belarus.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

|August 14, 2023

概括

嗅觉神经通往大脑的途径在功能上并不不对称,即使是通过特定的鼻孔刺激. 这项嗅觉fMRI研究发现,左鼻孔和右鼻孔刺激之间的大脑激活没有差异.

科学领域:

神经科学是一个神经科学.
嗅觉系统研究研究嗅觉系统研究
脑部成像脑部成像

背景情况:

嗅觉神经 (头骨神经I) 有ipsilateral投射到嗅觉皮层,但功能不对称仍未得到证实.
了解气味处理途径对于神经科学和临床应用至关重要.

研究的目的:

为了研究鼻孔特定的刺激是否不对称地激活主要或次要的嗅觉大脑结构.
通过嗅觉功能磁共振成像 (fMRI) 探索气味处理中的功能侧面化.

主要方法:

一项嗅觉fMRI研究对20名健康的年轻人进行,他们的嗅觉正常.
使用乙醇 (PEA) 进行鼻孔特异性刺激,在被动和活性 (嗅觉) 条件下进行.
分析了主要嗅觉皮层,内腔皮层和轨道前皮层中的大脑激活模式.

主要成果:

特定于鼻孔的PEA刺激并没有在嗅觉皮质结构中产生不对称的fMRI激活.
无论是被动的还是积极的嗅觉刺激都未能证明功能横向化.
在左鼻孔和右鼻孔刺激之间没有观察到大脑激活的显著差异.

结论:

这项研究挑战了从嗅觉神经起源的嗅觉通路中功能不对称的假设.
结果表明,根据fMRI测量的嗅觉处理在很大程度上是对称的,尽管单方面传感输入.
进一步的研究可能会探索其他嗅觉刺激剂或任务,以调查潜在的微妙不对称性.

关键词:

一个双胞胎的亲属.功能磁力共振成像 (fMRI) 是一种功能共振成像.一个单一的单基因.嗅觉系统的嗅觉系统

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