Making Scents of the Genome: Functional Genomics of Mammalian Olfaction |
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| Air date: | Monday, March 24, 2003, 12:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Neuroscience |
| Description: | NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series
The activity of all cells in the nervous system is regulated by the interaction of various chemicals, such as neurotransmitters, hormones, and peptides with membrane receptors. The ways in which these substances exert their influence is known generally as signal transduction. We use the vertebrate olfactory receptor neuron as a model for investigating general principles and mechanisms of signal transduction - receptor-ligand interactions, modulation by second messeng ers, ion channel gating, and the long term mechanisms of adaptation and desensitization. The olfactory neuron is uniquely suited for these studies since it is designed specifically for the detection and discrimination of a wide variety of small organic molecules, i.e. odors. For more information, visit Stuart Firestein |
| Author: | Stuart Firestein, Ph.D., Columbia University |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
| Rights: | This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely. |
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| CIT File ID: | 10878 |
| CIT Live ID: | 1992 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?10878 |