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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2018

Stable olfactory sensory neuron in vivo physiology during normal aging.

Marley D Kass, Lindsey A Czarnecki, John P McGann

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marley D KassBehavioral and Systems Neuroscience Section, Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Lindsey A CzarneckiBehavioral and Systems Neuroscience Section, Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
John P McGannBehavioral and Systems Neuroscience Section, Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Electronic address: john.mcgann@rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Hormones: Molecular Mechanism of Action and FunctionsT32DK007328 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI KOUSTENI, STAVROULA · 1986 to 2025
$7.8M
How Fear Learning Alters Sensory Representations of Threat Predictive StimuliR01MH101293 · NIMH · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI MCGANN, JOHN P · 2013 to 2023
$4.5M
Sex differences in the neurophysiology of the olfactory systemR01DC013090 · NIDCD · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI MCGANN, JOHN P · 2013 to 2017
$2.1M
Effects of fear learning on early olfactory processingF31DC013719 · NIDCD · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI KASS, MARLEY D · 2013 to 2015
$69k
NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC013719NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC013090NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007328NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Normal aging is associated with a number of smell impairments that are paralleled by age-dependent changes in the peripheral olfactory system, including decreases in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and in the regenerative capacity of the epithelium. Thus, an age-dependent degradation of sensory input to the brain is one proposed mechanism for the loss of olfactory function in older populations. Here, we tested this hypothesis by performing in vivo optical neurophysiology in 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-month-old mice. We visualized odor-evoked neurotransmitter release from populations of OSNs into olfactory bulb glomeruli, and found that these sensory inputs are actually quite stable during normal aging. Specifically, the magnitude and number of odor-evoked glomerular responses were comparable across all ages, and there was no effect of age on the sensitivity of OSN responses to odors or on the neural discriminability of different sensory maps. These results suggest that the brain's olfactory bulbs do not receive deteriorated input during aging and that local bulbar circuitry might adapt to maintain stable nerve input.

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AgingAnimalsEvoked PotentialsFemaleMaleMice, 129 StrainMice, Inbred C57BLOdorantsOlfactory BulbSensory Receptor CellsSmellSynaptic TransmissionAgingMouse modelsOlfactory bulbOlfactory sensory neuronOptical neurophysiologySensory plasticity

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PMID29852408
PMCPMC6572784
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