The olfactory glomerulus: a model for neuro-glio-vascular biology

Neuron. 2008 Jun 26;58(6):827-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.06.005.

Abstract

The cellular basis of brain imaging is emerging as a new frontier in current neuroscience. In this issue of Neuron, Petzold et al. analyze a model system, the olfactory glomerulus, to show how neurovascular coupling involves an elaborate dance between axon terminals, presynaptic and postsynaptic dendrites, glial cells, and the capillary network.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Models, Animal
  • Neuroglia / physiology*
  • Olfactory Bulb / blood supply
  • Olfactory Bulb / physiology
  • Olfactory Receptor Neurons / blood supply
  • Olfactory Receptor Neurons / physiology*
  • Smell / physiology