ABSTRACT
Epithelial Preparations ...................................................................................68 3.3.1 Intact Epithelial Preparations.............................................................68 3.3.2 Visualization of Dendritic Knobs of ORNs ......................................70 3.3.3 Patch Clamp of Dendritic Knobs of ORNs.......................................71 3.3.4 Odor Responses of Individual ORNs: Patch Clamp
Recording ...........................................................................................73 3.3.5 Odor Responses of ORN Populations: Calcium Imaging
Recording ...........................................................................................73 3.4 Conclusion......................................................................................................74 Acknowledgments....................................................................................................74 References................................................................................................................76
As the first neuronal component in the olfactory system, olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) are responsible for detecting and discriminating among thousands of odors and sending the information directly to the olfactory bulb in the brain. Considerable efforts have been made to develop preparations from which odor-induced responses and membrane properties of ORNs can be studied by different physiological approaches.
