ReviewNeural plasticity2012
Studies of olfactory system neural plasticity: the contribution of the unilateral naris occlusion technique.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of olfactory-related brain structural changes in patients with congenital or acquired anosmia.Brain structure & function · 2022Pooled it
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- Experience-dependent critical period for synaptic plasticity in the rat olfactory amygdala.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2026Review
- Environmental stress promotes the persistence of juvenile traits in olfactory neurons as a protective mechanism.iScience · 2025Article
- Structural Brain Changes in Patients with Congenital Anosmia: MRI-Based Analysis of Gray- and White-Matter Volumes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The influence of olfactory experience on the birthrates of olfactory sensory neurons with specific odorant receptor identities.Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) · 2024Review
- Deprivation-Induced Plasticity in the Early Central Circuits of the Rodent Visual, Auditory, and Olfactory Systems.eNeuro · 2024Review
- The Role of the Stimulus in Olfactory Plasticity.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- A multivesicular body-like organelle mediates stimulus-regulated trafficking of olfactory ciliary transduction proteins.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Brief sensory deprivation triggers plasticity of dopamine-synthesising enzyme expression in genetically labelled olfactory bulb dopaminergic neurons.The European journal of neuroscience · 2022Article
- Excitable Axonal Domains Adapt to Sensory Deprivation in the Olfactory System.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Chitinase-Like Protein Ym2 (Chil4) Regulates Regeneration of the Olfactory Epithelium via Interaction with Inflammation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Article
- Modulation of olfactory signal detection in the olfactory epithelium: focus on the internal and external environment, and the emerging role of the immune system.Cell and tissue research · 2021Review
- Brief Sensory Deprivation Triggers Cell Type-Specific Structural and Functional Plasticity in Olfactory Bulb Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Article
- The effect of odor enrichment on olfactory acuity: Olfactometric testing in mice using two mirror-molecular pairs.PloS one · 2020Article
- A cross-talk between blood-cell neuroplasticity-related genes and environmental enrichment in working dogs.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The Olfactory System of Zebrafish as a Model for the Study of Neurotoxicity and Injury: Implications for Neuroplasticity and Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Forever young: Neoteny, neurogenesis and a critique of critical periods in olfaction.Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2019Review
- Deafferentation-induced alterations in mitral cell dendritic morphology in the adult zebrafish olfactory bulb.Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2019Article
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Abstract
Unilateral naris occlusion has long been the method of choice for effecting stimulus deprivation in studies of olfactory plasticity. A significant body of literature speaks to the myriad consequences of this manipulation on the ipsilateral olfactory pathway. Early experiments emphasized naris occlusion's deleterious and age-critical effects. More recent studies have focused on life-long vulnerability, particularly on neurogenesis, and compensatory responses to deprivation. Despite the abundance of empirical data, a theoretical framework in which to understand the many sequelae of naris occlusion on olfaction has been elusive. This paper focuses on recent data, new theories, and underappreciated caveats related to the use of this technique in studies of olfactory plasticity.
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