Sentences with phrase «using olfactory neurons»

«Hawk moths have second nose for evaluating flowers: Using olfactory neurons on their proboscis, moths weigh which flowers to visit.»

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The team uses a computer - controlled pneumatic pump to administer an odor puff to the locust, which has olfactory receptor neurons in its antennae, similar to sensory neurons in our nose.

Now, using a novel PET radiotracer called Neuroflux, a team of researchers from the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the MassGeneral Institute of Neurodegenerative Disease has found a way to quantify olfactory sensory neurons and thus improve measurements of olfactory health.

Using this imaging technology, we may be able to capture more precise and objective measurements of olfactory dysfunction and better understand how changes in these sensory neurons relate to overall health and neurodegeneration in the brain.»

For the JCI study, the team applied the radiotracer to monitor olfactory sensory neuron population dynamics in a rodent model, using PET to measure its uptake across the animals» lifespan, including during age - related neurodegeneration.

The benefits of using olfactory receptor neuron samples to study psychiatric disorders and patient responsiveness include their similarity to brain neurons, the relatively easy biopsy procedure, and the potential for scientists to sample and compare cells from the same patients throughout several different stages of disease.

In rats, olfactory bulb neurons use simple «linear summation'to make sense of fluctuating odor inputs from the surrounding environment...