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The sense of smell, its signalling pathways, and the dichotomy of cilia and microvilli in olfactory sensory cells

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Title
The sense of smell, its signalling pathways, and the dichotomy of cilia and microvilli in olfactory sensory cells
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BMC Neuroscience, September 2007
DOI 10.1186/1471-2202-8-s3-s1
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Rebecca Elsaesser, Jacques Paysan

Abstract

Smell is often regarded as an ancillary perception in primates, who seem so dominated by their sense of vision. In this paper, we will portray some aspects of the significance of olfaction to human life and speculate on what evolutionary factors contribute to keeping it alive. We then outline the functional architecture of olfactory sensory neurons and their signal transduction pathways, which are the primary detectors that render olfactory perception possible. Throughout the phylogenetic tree, olfactory neurons, at their apical tip, are either decorated with cilia or with microvilli. The significance of this dichotomy is unknown. It is generally assumed that mammalian olfactory neurons are of the ciliary type only. The existence of so-called olfactory microvillar cells in mammals, however, is well documented, but their nature remains unclear and their function orphaned. This paper discusses the possibility, that in the main olfactory epithelium of mammals ciliated and microvillar sensory cells exist concurrently. We review evidence related to this hypothesis and ask, what function olfactory microvillar cells might have and what signalling mechanisms they use.

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Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Greece 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 131 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 17%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Master 12 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 6%
Other 27 19%
Unknown 22 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 53 38%
Neuroscience 18 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 6%
Psychology 7 5%
Other 17 12%
Unknown 23 16%
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