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A Sensor for Low Environmental Oxygen in the Mouse Main Olfactory Epithelium.
Neuron - 21 Dec 2016
Bleymehl Katherin, Pérez-Gómez Anabel, Omura Masayo, Moreno-Pérez Ana, Macías David, Bai Zhaodai, Johnson Randall S, Leinders-Zufall Trese, Zufall Frank, Mombaerts Peter
Abstract excerpt
Sensing the level of oxygen in the external and internal environments is essential for survival. Organisms have evolved multiple mechanisms to sense oxygen. No function in oxygen sensing has been attributed to any mammalian olfactory system. Here, we demonstrate that low environmental oxygen directly activates a subpopulation of sensory neurons in the mouse main olfactory epithelium. These neurons express the...
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