Kashiwayanagi M, Shoji T, Kurihara K
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1988 Jul 15;154(1):437-42. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(88)90705-x.
To study the role of olfactory cilia on olfactory reception, the carp olfactory cilia were removed by modified "ethanol-calcium shock" and the bulbar responses were recorded before and after deciliation. Large olfactory responses to various amino acids were observed after complete deciliation. The relation between magnitude of olfactory response and alanine concentration before and after deciliation was essentially unchanged. The present results suggests that the olfactory cilia may not be necessary for receptor neuron function in the carp.
