2-Minute Neuroscience: Olfaction

preview_player
Показать описание
Olfaction is another word for the sense of smell. In this video, I summarize the process of olfaction beginning with the olfactory receptors found in the olfactory epithelium. I follow the path of olfactory information until it reaches the olfactory cortex, where most olfactory processing in the brain occurs.

TRANSCRIPT:

Welcome to 2 minute neuroscience, where I explain neuroscience topics in 2 minutes or less. In this installment I will discuss olfaction.

Olfaction refers to the sense of smell, which begins with a specialized collection of cells called the olfactory epithelium. In humans, the olfactory epithelium lines the nasal cavities. The olfactory epithelium contains millions of olfactory receptor cells. These cells have a single dendrite that extends to the outermost layer of the epithelium, where cilia emerge from the end of the dendrite and spread over the surface of the olfactory epithelium. When odorants enter the nasal cavity due to inhalation or by rising from the mouth during the chewing of food, they stimulate receptors on the cilia, depolarizing the olfactory receptor cells and initiating action potentials that travel down the axon of the receptor cell into an adjacent structure called the olfactory bulb. These axons that travel from the olfactory epithelium to the olfactory bulb together make up the first cranial nerve.

In the olfactory bulb the axons of the olfactory receptor cells converge on the dendrites of olfactory bulb neurons in small clusters called glomeruli. In these glomeruli, the receptor cells form synaptic connections with several types of olfactory bulb neurons, including cells called mitral cells and tufted relay neurons. Both of these cells project into the olfactory tract, a bundle of fibers that carries olfactory information to the olfactory cortex, where most olfactory processing occurs.

The olfactory cortex consists of a collection of cortical areas that receive information from the olfactory bulb, including the piriform cortex, an area of cortex surrounding the amygdala known as the periamygdaloid cortex, entorhinal cortex, and two regions known as the olfactory tubercle and anterior olfactory nucleus.

REFERENCE:

Vanderah TW, Gould DJ. Nolte's The Human Brain. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA. Elsevier; 2016.

Caption author (Arabic): Shwan Hameed
Рекомендации по теме
Комментарии
Автор

thank you, All 6 professors teaching my class of 200 students couldn't simplify this in 2 minutes. May God help us on the exam, you're the best

Sarahh_
Автор

That is a decent presentation for 2 minutes. Sweet deal. Very nice

josetrujillo
Автор

Concise explanation! Thank you for posting.

bananaforscale
Автор

Paul, u have help me tremendously with my Espanol . Thank u 😊

trudibrown
Автор

What a coincidence, I was just looking up this information the other day. I love your succinct explanations, thanks.

christianne
Автор

This the one of the most important channel which I have found. It was hard to understand and memories neuroscience because the anatomy is too much complex to understand the function.

littletips
Автор

I study AD, I think it's amazing you know lots aspects about neuroscience. I wish you can prolong the vedio and tell more details.

chenjerry
Автор

Thank you for sharing this with us!!! :D

sergiosanchezpadilla
Автор

<3 2 minutes videos are the best! haha

peilin
Автор

Thanks for posting this video, great help!

aleshiadearlove
Автор

Thanks for the video, great explanation ! I sometimes, like those 2 last weeks, loose my smelling sense, well not really, I keep smelling the same smell over and over, no matter what I try to put close to my nose, and sometimes it goes away and I can smell everything like normal, what can it be ? I would really like to know.

itmemo
Автор

Por favor, alguém faz legenda em Português do Brasil nos vídeos desse canal !!! :´(

alliesb
Автор

Lost my taste and smell to Covid but yesterday i got some partial smell and taste. Heard there is a combination of food which could help bring your taste and smell back, something to do with an orange and brown sugar. Ever heard of something like that?🤔

andresMHS
Автор

What is this type of animation? I have seen a lot of YouTubers using it. Does anyone know?

ranvids
Автор

I have isolated congenital anosmia, explain my brain in 2 minutes, please.

mandude
Автор

Were there corrections made to this video? I noticed it has been removed and reuploaded a couple times

tulloch
Автор

Hi, just curious, what is the speaker/writer for this material's background? It would be helpful to know - is this a student?, an MD? Etc. ?

nc
Автор

Sounds like he is explaining how a plumbus is made

kunstkt
Автор

I Love Jonna Napire 🧡💛❤
March 23, 2024

RonieNerbes-mtko
Автор

I lost my sense of smell and taste to covid :(

aileyhay