Back عصب مستقبل شمي Arabic Olfaktorický neuron Czech Riechzelle German Neurona receptora olfativa Spanish 嗅覚受容神経 Japanese 후각 수용기 신경세포 Korean Neurônio olfatório Portuguese เซลล์รับกลิ่น Thai Нюхові клітини Ukrainian
| Olfactory receptor neuron | |
|---|---|
 Labels in German. "Zellen" = "cell", "riech" = "smell", "Riechnerv" = olfactory nerve, "cillien" = cilia. | |
| Details | |
| System | Smell |
| Location | Olfactory epithelium in the nose |
| Shape | Bipolar sensory receptor |
| Function | Detect traces of chemicals in inhaled air (sense of smell) |
| Neurotransmitter | Glutamate[1] |
| Presynaptic connections | None |
| Postsynaptic connections | Olfactory bulb |
| Identifiers | |
| MeSH | D018034 |
| NeuroLex ID | nifext_116 |
| TH | H3.11.07.0.01003 |
| FMA | 67860 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
An olfactory receptor neuron (ORN), also called an olfactory sensory neuron (OSN), is a sensory neuron within the olfactory system.[2]
- ^ Berkowicz, D. A.; Trombley, P. Q.; Shepherd, G. M. (1994). "Evidence for glutamate as the olfactory receptor cell neurotransmitter". Journal of Neurophysiology. 71 (6): 2557–61. doi:10.1152/jn.1994.71.6.2557. PMID 7931535.
- ^ Vermeulen, A; Rospars, J. P. (1998). "Dendritic integration in olfactory sensory neurons: A steady-state analysis of how the neuron structure and neuron environment influence the coding of odor intensity". Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 5 (3): 243–66. doi:10.1023/A:1008826827728. PMID 9663551. S2CID 19598225.