Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics
The past decades have seen tremendous progress in our understanding of the function of photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons, uncovering the mechanisms that determine their properties and, ultimately, our ability to see and smell. This progress has been driven to a large degree by the powerfu...
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| author | Federica Genovese Johannes Reisert Vladimir J. Kefalov Vladimir J. Kefalov |
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| description | The past decades have seen tremendous progress in our understanding of the function of photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons, uncovering the mechanisms that determine their properties and, ultimately, our ability to see and smell. This progress has been driven to a large degree by the powerful combination of physiological experimental tools and genetic manipulations, which has enabled us to identify the main molecular players in the transduction cascades of these sensory neurons, how their properties affect the detection and discrimination of stimuli, and how diseases affect our senses of vision and smell. This review summarizes some of the common and unique features of photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons that make these cells so exciting to study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e62a6aa6acca47e9a56945e9d2b700d02022-12-21T23:13:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience1662-51022021-10-011510.3389/fncel.2021.761416761416Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct CharacteristicsFederica Genovese0Johannes Reisert1Vladimir J. Kefalov2Vladimir J. Kefalov3Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMonell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United StatesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United StatesThe past decades have seen tremendous progress in our understanding of the function of photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons, uncovering the mechanisms that determine their properties and, ultimately, our ability to see and smell. This progress has been driven to a large degree by the powerful combination of physiological experimental tools and genetic manipulations, which has enabled us to identify the main molecular players in the transduction cascades of these sensory neurons, how their properties affect the detection and discrimination of stimuli, and how diseases affect our senses of vision and smell. This review summarizes some of the common and unique features of photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons that make these cells so exciting to study.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2021.761416/fullphotoreceptorrodconephototransductionolfactionolfactory sensory neuron |
| spellingShingle | Federica Genovese Johannes Reisert Vladimir J. Kefalov Vladimir J. Kefalov Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience photoreceptor rod cone phototransduction olfaction olfactory sensory neuron |
| title | Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics |
| title_full | Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics |
| title_fullStr | Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics |
| title_short | Sensory Transduction in Photoreceptors and Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Common Features and Distinct Characteristics |
| title_sort | sensory transduction in photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons common features and distinct characteristics |
| topic | photoreceptor rod cone phototransduction olfaction olfactory sensory neuron |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2021.761416/full |
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